Fertility awareness and natural family planning

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-146

  Pyper, C M M ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertility awareness; Natural contraception

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; OVULATION DETECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

BODY TEMPERATURE; CERVIX MUCUS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; OVULATION DETECTION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED;

EID: 0031151162     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625189709167468     Document Type: Article

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