Personality traits and the feeling of loneliness of women treated for infertility;Cechy osobowościowe a poczucie osamotnienia kobiet leczonych z powodu niepłodności

Ginekologia Polska

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 508-513

  Bidzan, Mariola ^a   Podolska, Magdalena ^b   Bidzan, Leszek ^c   Smutek, Jerzy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b Niepubliczny Zak ad Opieki Zdrowotnej Reumatologia   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Infertility; Loneliness; MMPI; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052096774     PISSN: 00170011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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