It's all in the timing: Coital frequency and fertility awareness-based methods of family planning

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 763-777

  Sinai, Irit ^a   Arévalo, Marcos ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILE PERIOD; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STANDARD DAY METHOD; TWODAY METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; PATIENT SELECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845889217     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005027227     Document Type: Article

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