Conceiving of change: A brief intervention increases young adults' knowledge of fertility and the effectiveness of in vitro fertilization

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 523-529

  Wojcieszek, Aleena M ^a,b   Thompson, Rachel ^b,c  

^a MATER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

delayed childbearing; education; Fertility awareness; intervention; IVF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERTILITY; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

DELAYED CHILDBEARING; EDUCATION; FERTILITY AWARENESS; INTERVENTION; IVF;

ADULT; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PAMPHLETS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; STUDENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881157388     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.03.050     Document Type: Article

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