Childless Canadian men's and women's childbearing intentions, attitudes towards and willingness to use assisted human reproduction

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2405-2412

  Daniluk, J C ^a   Koert, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards assisted reproduction; Childbearing intentions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILDLESSNESS; EGG; EGG DONATION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GESTATIONAL SURROGACY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERM DONOR;

EID: 84869994693     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des190     Document Type: Article

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