Epidemiology of Infertility: A Population-Based Study in Babol, Iran

Women and Health

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 744-754

  Esmaeilzadeh, Seddigheh ^a   Delavar, Mouloud Agajani ^a   Zeinalzadeh, Mahtab ^a   Mir, Mohammad Reza Aghajani ^a  

^a BABOL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

epidemiology study; infertility; Iran; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868693829     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.728191     Document Type: Article

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