Cassandra's prophecy: Medic or mother? Exploring the relevance of age-related fertility decline to women in medicine

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-28

  Theodosiou, Anastasia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fertility; gender; specialty; women in medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; FEMINIZATION; HUMAN; MOTHER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84879890706     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2013.03.020     Document Type: Note

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