Should spontaneous or timed intercourse guide couples trying to conceive?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3236-3237

  Hampton, Kerry ^a   Mazza, Danielle ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

EID: 72949117456     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep322     Document Type: Letter

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