Characteristics of prospectively measured vaginal bleeding among women trying to conceive

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-30

  Mikolajczyk, Rafael T ^a   Buck Louis, Germaine M ^b   Cooney, Maureen A ^b   Lynch, Courtney D ^c   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycle length; Fecundity; Gestation; Menstruation; Time to pregnancy; Vaginal bleeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PREGNANCY; VAGINA BLEEDING;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73649092137     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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