The impact of social relations among men and women in fertility treatment on the decision to terminate treatment

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3502-3512

  Vassard, Ditte ^a   Lund, Rikke ^a   Pinborg, Anja ^b   Boivin, Jacky ^c   Schmidt, Lone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; infertility; psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84870007000     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des353     Document Type: Article

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