Socioeconomic variations in female fertility impairment: A study in a cohort of Portuguese mothers

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Correia, Sofia ^a,b   Rodrigues, Teresa ^a,b,c   Barros, Henrique ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGER; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MULTIGRAVIDA; OBESITY; OFFICE WORKER; OPERATOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TIME TO PREGNANCY; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; YOUNG ADULT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LIVE BIRTH; PORTUGAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84892851126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003985     Document Type: Article

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