Self-assessment of the cervical pupil sign as a new fertility-awareness method

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 937-939

  Brosens, Ivo ^a   Hernalsteen, Pierre ^b   Devos, André ^b   Cloke, Brianna ^c   Brosens, Jan J ^c  

^a LEUVEN INSTITUTE FOR FERTILITY AND EMBRYOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b Natural Family Planning Organization of Flanders   (Belgium)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION; OVULATION DETECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; UTERINE CERVIX; VULVA;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CERVIX UTERI; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MUCUS; NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; OVULATION DETECTION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF CARE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TIME FACTORS; VULVA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61349164376     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.069     Document Type: Article

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