Consequences of infertility in developing countries

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 174-179

  Rouchou, Brittany ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

developing countries; economic consequences; infecundity and men; infertility; psychological consequences; social consequences

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANXIETY; ASIA; AWARENESS; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIVORCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSICAL ABUSE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; INFECUNDITY AND MEN; INFERTILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84877625847     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912472415     Document Type: Review

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