Personality characteristics in a Swedish national sample of identifiable oocyte donors

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1067-1072

  Sydsjo G ^a   Lampic, C ^b   Brandstrom S ^c   Gudmundsson, J ^d   Karlstrom P O ^e   Solensten, N G ^f   Thurin Kjellberg, A ^g   Svanberg, A S ^e  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character; gamete donors; non anonymous; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARACTER; DIRECTED TISSUE DONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; OOCYTE DONATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 79960343999     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.02953.x     Document Type: Article

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