Natural Family Planning Methods

Known as: Natural Family Planning, Abstinence, Periodic, abstinence periodic 
A class of natural contraceptive methods in which SEXUAL ABSTINENCE is practiced a few days before and after the estimated day of ovulation, during… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Increased infertility with age in men and women.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects of aging on the percentage of outwardly healthy couples who are sterile (completely unable to… (More)
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1999
1999
Efficacy of methods for determining ovulation in a natural family planning program.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy in ovulation detection of methods used in natural family planning in comparison with pelvic… (More)
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1999
1999
Physicians' knowledge and practices regarding natural family planning.
OBJECTIVE To assess physicians' knowledge and practices of modern methods of natural family planning. METHODS A questionnaire… (More)
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1999
1999
A fixed formula to define the fertile window of the menstrual cycle as the basis of a simple method of natural family planning.
A significant number of women worldwide use periodic abstinence as their method of family planning. Many of them use some type of… (More)
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1998
1998
Women's interest in natural family planning.
BACKGROUND In the United States, approximately 4% of women of reproductive age use natural family planning (NFP) to avoid… (More)
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Natural family planning.
A better understanding of reproductive anatomy and physiology has led to newer methods of natural family planning, including the… (More)
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1987
1987
Natural family planning.
It is now well accepted that a woman can conceive from an act of intercourse for a maximum of only about 7 days of her menstrual… (More)
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1982
1982
Natural family planning methods.
Wade et al.'s report, entitled "A randomized prospective study of the use-effectiveness of 2 methods of natural family planning… (More)
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1981
1981
A prospective multicentre trial of the ovulation method of natural family planning. I. The teaching phase.
  • Fertility and sterility
  • 1981
The percentage of 869 women in five countries capable of being taught to recognize the periovulatory cervical mucus symptom of… (More)
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1978
1978
Natural family planning. I. The peak symptom and estimated time of ovulation.
The observation of the "Peak" mucus symptom in women using the ovulation method of natural family planning has been correlated… (More)
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