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Using Circadian Rhythm Patterns of Continuous Core Body Temperature to Improve Fertility and Pregnancy Planning

Journal of Circadian Rhythms
Volume 18 (2020): Issue 1
By: Wade W. Webster and  Benjamin Smarr  
Open Access
|Sep 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcr.200 | Journal eISSN: 1740-3391
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 2, 2020
Accepted on: Sep 8, 2020
Published on: Sep 24, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
circadian,
menstrual rhythm,
core temperature,
estrogen,
fertility,
hypothalamus,
progesterone,
infradian

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