The probability of conception on different days of the cycle with respect to ovulation: An overview

Advances in Contraception

Volumn 13, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 83-95

  Ferreira Poblete, A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OOCYTE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERM; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME;

FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030776386     PISSN: 02674874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006527232605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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