Mistiming of intercourse as a primary cause of failure to conceive: Results of a survey on use of a home-use fertility monitor

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 301-306

  Robinson, Janet E ^a,b   Ellis, Jayne E ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Unipath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conception; Fertility monitor; Infertility; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONITOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; COITUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFERTILITY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; OVULATION PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33847397077     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/030079906X162863     Document Type: Article

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