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Temperature Computers

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Female Contraception

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Behavioral methods of conception control or contraception have met with increasing interest [23] and constitute a growing — though still very small — segment of family planning methods. In recent surveys in Austria and the Federal Republic of Germany, 2.8% of females in fertile age reported the use of basal body temperature (BBT) [13], 3.9% the use of natural family planning (NFP), and 14% stated their intention to practise such methods in the future [6]. Contrary to previous calendar methods [8, 14] modern self-observation methods (SOM) like the symptothermal method (STM) [20] are safe and reliable [4, 7, 16–20].

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  1. Institut für Medizinische Biologie und Genetik, Schöpfstraße 41, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    K. Loewit, H. G. Kraft, A. Ortlieb & G. Wolfram

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  1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecological Endocrinology, Women’s Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Voßstr. 9, D-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Benno Runnebaum , Thomas Rabe  & Ludwig Kiesel ,  & 

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Loewit, K., Kraft, H.G., Ortlieb, A., Wolfram, G. (1988). Temperature Computers. In: Runnebaum, B., Rabe, T., Kiesel, L. (eds) Female Contraception. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73790-9_23

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