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The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care Volume 24, 2019 - Issue 6
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Advantages of determining the fertile window with the individualised Natural Cycles algorithm over calendar-based methods

Thea K. KleinschmidtNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Jonathan R. BullNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Vincenzo LavoriniNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Simon P. RowlandNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Jack T. PearsonNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Elina Berglund ScherwitzlNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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Raoul ScherwitzlNaturalCycles Nordic AB, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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Kristina Gemzell DanielssonDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Pages 457-463 | Received 04 Sep 2019, Accepted 16 Oct 2019, Published online: 18 Nov 2019

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