Increasing trend of prevalence of infertility in Beijing

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 691-695

  Zhang, Hong Xia ^a   Wang, Shu Yu ^a   Zhang, Song Wen ^a   Wang, Tao ^b   Deng, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infertility; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84894106357     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20132698     Document Type: Article

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