Social correlates of female infertility in Uzbekistan

Nagoya Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 273-284

  Jumayev, Izatulla ^a,b   Harun or rashid, M D ^a   Rustamov, Oybek ^c   Zakirova, Nodira ^b   Hideki, Kasuya ^a   Sakamoto, Junichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAMARKAND STATE MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (Uzbekistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female infertility; Relationship with family members; Sexual intimacy; Social correlates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UZBEKISTAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MARRIAGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UZBEKISTAN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871862492     PISSN: 00277622     EISSN: 21863326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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