Fertility awareness-based methods for contraception: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Contraception

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-90

  Grimes, David A ^a   Gallo, Maria F ^a   Grigorieva, Vera ^a   Nanda, Kavita ^a   Schulz, Kenneth F ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraception; Female; Meta analysis; Periodic abstinence; Rhythm; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOMBIA; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVULATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; SECRETION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX;

EID: 22044435129     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.03.010     Document Type: Review

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