A survey of the attitudes of infertile and parous women towards the availability of assisted reproductive technology

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1229-1235

  Heikkilä, Katri ^a   Länsimies, Esko ^a   Hippeläinen, Maritta ^a   Heinonen, Seppo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTHER; OOCYTE DONATION; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPERM DONOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED;

EID: 8144225671     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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