How regular is regular? An analysis of menstrual cycle regularity

Contraception

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 289-292

  Creinin, Mitchell D ^a   Keverline, Sharon ^a   Meyn, Leslie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Menses; Menstrual bleeding; Menstrual cycle; Menstrual flow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; REVIEW;

EID: 4644329266     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.04.012     Document Type: Article

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