"Revealed" ovulation in humans?

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 483-488

  Small, Meredith F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0003824724     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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