SLeX: potential implications for fertility and contraception
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Personal fertility monitors for contraception.
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عنوان ژورنال: Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1747-4108,1747-4116
DOI: 10.1586/eog.11.73