Why Me? Male Infertility and Responsibility in the Middle East

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-70

  Inhorn, Marcia C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

etiological narratives; male infertility; male responsibility; Middle East; reproductive health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875039047     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X12468098     Document Type: Review

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