Estimates of human fertility and pregnancy loss

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 503-509

  Zinaman, M J ^a   O'Connor, J ^a   Clegg, E D ^a   Selevan, S G ^a   Brown, C C ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human fertility; pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030029614     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)58144-8     Document Type: Article

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