Trends in rates of natural conceptions among Danish women born during 1960-1984

Human Reproduction

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2815-2822

  Lassen, Tina Harmer ^a   Sobotka, Tomáš ^b   Jensen, Tina Kold ^a,c   Jacobsen, Rune ^c   Erb, Karin ^d   Skakkebæk, Niels E ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

assisted reproduction techniques; conception rates; Denmark; fecundity; fertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RATE OF NATURAL CONCEPTION; REVIEW;

EID: 84864913627     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/des207     Document Type: Review

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