Comparative study of the psychosocial risks associated with families with multiple births resulting from assisted reproductive technology (ART) and without ART

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Roca De Bes, Montserrat ^a,b   Gutierrez Maldonado, José ^c   Gris Martínez, José M ^a,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction; depression; marital satisfaction; material necessities; multiple births; quality of life; stress; triplets; twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; TWINS;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; TRIPLETS; TWINS;

EID: 79959913411     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.05.007     Document Type: Article

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