Timing intercourse to achieve pregnancy: Current evidence

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1333-1341

  Stanford, Joseph B ^a   White, George L ^a   Hatasaka, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; COST; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; OVULATION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VAGINA DISCHARGE;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COITUS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036897722     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02382-7     Document Type: Article

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