A fixed formula to define the fertile window of the menstrual cycle as the basis of a simple method of natural family planning

Contraception

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 357-360

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

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blanket rule; Fertile phase; Natural family planning; Periodic abstinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE;

EID: 0343384317     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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