Optimizing natural fertility: A committee opinion

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 631-637

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Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; OXYTOCIN;

AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; OVULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VAGINAL SECRETION;

AGING; COITUS; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OVULATION DETECTION; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84883438352     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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