Menstrual cycle variability and the likelihood of achieving pregnancy

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 369-378

  Small, Chanley M ^a   Manatunga, Amita K ^a   Klein, Mitchel ^a   Domínguez, Celia E ^b   Feigelson, Heather S ^a   McChesney, Ruth ^c   Marcus, Michele ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundability; Fecundity; Fertility; Menstrual cycle; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551531724     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2010.25.4.369     Document Type: Conference Paper

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