Cervical mucus monitoring prevalence and associated fecundability in women trying to conceive

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Evans Hoeker, Emily ^a   Pritchard, David A ^b   Long, D Leann ^b   Herring, Amy H ^b,c   Stanford, Joseph B ^a,c,d   Steiner, Anne Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus monitoring; conception; fecundability; fertile window

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL MUCUS MONITORING; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT PARAMETERS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; POPULATION; PREGNANCY TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TIME TO PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

CERVICAL MUCUS MONITORING; CONCEPTION; FECUNDABILITY; FERTILE WINDOW;

ADULT; CERVIX MUCUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OVULATION DETECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-PREGNANCY;

EID: 84884903752     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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