The Oxford Conception Study design and recruitment experience

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 51-59

  Pyper, Cecilia ^a   Bromhall, Lise ^a   Dummett, Sarah ^a   Altman, Douglas G ^a   Brownbill, Pat ^b   Murphy, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coitus; Conception; Fertility; Fertility monitor; Internet recruitment; RCT; Study methodology

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CAFFEINE; ESTRONE GLUCURONIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; MONITOR; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY RATE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STRESS; TOBACCO; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; OVULATION DETECTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750249235     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00771.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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