The Epidemiology of Infertility

Book : The Epidemiology of Infertility

Language : English

Library : Population

Publish Place : Geneva

ISBN : 92 4 120582 2

Publish Date : 00 1975

Publisher : World Health Organization WHO

Book Type : Report

Book Number : 3611

INDEX


CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Magnitude of the problem of infertility...............
2.1 Demographic data. . .....................
2.2 Epidemiological and clinical studies defining the prevalence of infer­tility, pregnancy wastage, and child loss
3. Causes Of infertility and pregnancy wastage.
3.1 Gonorrhoea and infertility .
3.2 Non-venereal diseases and infertility. .
3.3 Conditions affecting pregnancy wastage
3.4 Sociocultural factors.........
4. Research approaches........................
4.1 Terminology.........................
4.2 Problem definition.......................
4.3 Regional or population diagnosis................
4.4 Further research on the etiology of infertility..........
4.5 Data collection and analysis..................
4.6 Epidemiological investigation of pregnancy wastage........
4.7 Epidemiological investigation in populations with suspected problems of both infertility and pregnancy wastage
5. Conclusions and recommendations..................
Annex .........