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Pregnancy and the timing of intercourse

Thomas W Hilgers

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  • Pope Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction, Omaha, Nebraska. ROR

The New England Journal of Medicine, 334(19), 1267-1268, 1996

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Abstract

The optimal timing of sexual intercourse in relation to the day of ovulation in order for pregnancy to result is a topic of broad interest. Of obvious relevance to fecundability, on the one hand, a...

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Hilgers, T. W. (1996). Pregnancy and the timing of intercourse. *The New England journal of medicine*, *334*(19), 1267-1268.

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