Measuring fecundity with standardised estimates of expected pregnancies

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 43-50

  Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a   Stanford, Joseph B ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Coitus; Conception; Daily fecundity; Environmental exposures; Fertility; Infertility; Maternal age; Statistical methodology; Time to pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; STANDARD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750261381     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2006.00770.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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