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Fertility awareness-based mobile application for contraception

Elina Berglund ScherwitzlNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden;
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Kristina Gemzell DanielssonDivision of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jonas A. SellbergNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden;
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Raoul ScherwitzlNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 234-241 | Received 14 Nov 2015, Accepted 10 Feb 2016, Published online: 22 Mar 2016

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