Psychiatric disorders in women with fertility problems: Results from a large Danish register-based cohort study

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 683-690

  Baldur Felskov, B ^a   Kjaer, S K ^a,b   Albieri, V ^a   Steding Jessen, M ^a   Kjaer, T ^a   Johansen, C ^a   Dalton, S O ^a   Jensen, A ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

epidemiology; hospitalization; infertility; population based; psychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84874335033     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des422     Document Type: Article

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