Factors that influence the childbearing intentions of Canadian men

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1202-1208

  Roberts, E ^a   Metcalfe, A ^a   Jack, M ^a,b   Tough, S C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c Child Development Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

childbearing; men; paternal age; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; TELEPHONE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79955370071     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der007     Document Type: Article

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