Who becomes a sperm donor: Personality characteristics in a national sample of identifiable donors

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-39

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

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^h SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Character; non anonymous; personality; sperm donors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FATIGUE; GAMETE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIETY; SPERM DONOR; SWEDEN; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARACTER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SPERMATOZOA; TEMPERAMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655167206     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2011.03172.x     Document Type: Article

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