Application of simple fertility awareness-based methods of family planning to breastfeeding women

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1241-1248

  Arévalo, Marcos ^a   Jennings, Victoria ^a   Sinai, Irit ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Contraceptive efficacy; Fertility awareness; Standard Days Method; TwoDay Method

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE; PREGNANEDIOL GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN URINE LEVEL; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEAL PHASE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TECHNIQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0242577357     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(03)02184-8     Document Type: Article

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