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Feeling the Blues of Infertility in a South Asian Context: Psychological Well-Being and Associated Factors Among Sri Lankan Women with Primary Infertility

Nirosha Lansakara Family Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka; Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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Ananda Rajitha Wickramasinghe Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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Harshalal Rukka Seneviratne Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Pages 383-399 | Received 02 Sep 2010, Accepted 20 Mar 2011, Published online: 27 Jun 2011

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