Parental investment in couples who conceived spontaneously or with assisted reproductive techniques

Human Reproduction

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1128-1137

  Gameiro, S ^a,b   Canavarro, M C ^a   Boivin, J ^b   Moura Ramos, M ^a   Soares, I ^c   Almeida Santos, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction; depression; marital relationship; network support; parental investment in the child

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 79955412003     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/der031     Document Type: Article

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