Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1327-1332 , June 2007

Motherhood after age 50: an evaluation of parenting stress and physical functioning

  • Anne Z. Steiner, M.D., M.P.H.
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  • Richard J. Paulson, M.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Richard J. Paulson, M.D., Women’s and Children’s Hospital, 1240 North Mission Road, Room 8K9, Los Angeles, CA 90033 (FAX: 321-221-2850).

Received 19 June 2006 ,Revised 16 November 2006 ,Accepted 16 November 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(06)04566-3

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.11.074

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 87, Issue 6 , Pages 1327-1332 , June 2007