Male infertility and depression: A neglected problem in the middle east

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 824-830

  Ahmadi, Hamed ^a   Montaser Kouhsari, Laleh ^a   Nowroozi, Mohammad R ^b   Bazargan Hejazi, Shahrzad ^c,d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression Symptoms; Male Infertility; Psychologic Consequences of Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 79951977516     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.02155.x     Document Type: Article

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