Disability, psychiatric symptoms, and quality of life in infertile women: a cross-sectional study in Turkey

Shanghai Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 86-94

  Sezgin, Hacer ^a   Hocaoglu, Cicek ^a   Guvendag Guven, Emine Seda ^b  

^a RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Disability; Infertility; Psychiatric symptoms; Quality of life; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978924053     PISSN: 10020829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11919/j.issn.1002-0829.216014     Document Type: Article

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