Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 91-98 , August 2010

Health and life style among infertile men and women

  • M. Revonta

      Affiliations

    • University of Tampere, Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • J. Raitanen

      Affiliations

    • University of Tampere, Tampere School of Public Health, Tampere, Finland
    • UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • S. Sihvo

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • P. Koponen

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • R. Klemetti

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • S. Männistö

      Affiliations

    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • R. Luoto

      Affiliations

    • UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Tampere, Finland
    • National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: UKK Institute for Health Promotion, P.O. Box 30, 33501 Tampere, Finland.

Received 27 October 2009 ,Revised 2 June 2010 ,Accepted 10 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.06.002

Sexual & Reproductive HealthCare
Volume 1, Issue 3 , Pages 91-98 , August 2010

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