Comparison of a digital ovulation test with three popular line ovulation tests to investigate user accuracy and certainty

Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 467-473

  Johnson, Sarah ^a   Ellis, Jayne ^a   Godbert, Sonya ^a   Ali, Sharon ^a   Zinaman, Michael ^b  

^a SPD Development Company Limited   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearblue; Conception; Digital ovulation test; LH surge; Line ovulation test; Ovulation; Urine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DIGITAL OVULATION TEST; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVULATION DETECTION; SELF EVALUATION; URINALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 80054882840     PISSN: 17530059     EISSN: 17530067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/17530059.2011.617737     Document Type: Article

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