Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 911-914 , October 2007

Anxiety and sexual stress in men and women undergoing infertility treatment

  • Brennan D. Peterson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Brennan Peterson, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, California 92866 (FAX 714-997-6780).
    • ,
  • Christopher R. Newton, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Tal Feingold, M.A.

      Affiliations

    • Marriage and Family Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, Chapman University, Orange, California

Received 11 July 2006 ,Revised 5 December 2006 ,Accepted 5 December 2006.

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PII: S0015-0282(07)00051-9

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.023

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 88, Issue 4 , Pages 911-914 , October 2007

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