Ethical aspects of paternal preconception lifestyle modification

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Van Der Zee, Boukje ^a   De Wert, Guido ^c   Steegers, Eric A ^b   De Beaufort, Inez D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Evidence based medicine; Paternal lifestyle; Preconception care; Responsible fatherhood

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MORALITY; PASSIVE SMOKING; PATERNAL PRECONCEPTION; PATERNAL SMOKING; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84880132335     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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