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Temperature Computers

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Abstract

Behavioral methods of conception control or contraception are being met with increasing interest (WHO 1981) 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% reported the use of basal body temperature (BBT) (Münz 1987) and 3.9% the use of natural family planning (NFP), with 14% stating their intention to practise such methods in the future (Döring 1986 b). Contrary to previous calendar methods (Knaus 1933; Ogino 1932), modern self-observation methods (SOM) like the symptothermal method (STM) (Rötzer 1986) are safe and reliable (Döring 1986 a; Frank and Raith 1985; Rice 1981; Rötzer 1968, 1978a, 1978b, 1986).

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  1. Institute for Medical Biology and Genetics, University of Innsbruck, Schöpfstraße 41, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

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

  2. Institute for Marriage and Family, Spiegelgasse 3, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    G. Wolfram

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  1. Frauenklinik am Diakonissenkrankenhaus Mannheim, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Heidelberg, Speyerer Straße 91, 6800, Mannheim 1, Germany

    Wolf Eicher

  2. Psychiatrische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität, Möhlstraße 26, 8000, München 80, Germany

    Götz Kokott

  3. Dermatologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Technischen Universität, München, Biedersteiner Straße 29, 8000, München 40, Germany

    Hermann-J. Vogt

  4. Gynäkologische und Geburtshilfliche Abteilung Kreiskrankenhaus, Krankenhausstraße 46, 8765, Erlenbach/Main, Germany

    Volker Herms

  5. Sexualmedizinische Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle im Klinikum, Christian-Albrecht-Universität Kiel, Hospitalstraße 17-19, 2300, Kiel, Germany

    Reinhard Wille

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Loewit, K., Kraft, H.G., Ortlieb, A., Wolfram, G. (1988). Temperature Computers. In: Eicher, W., Kokott, G., Vogt, HJ., Herms, V., Wille, R. (eds) Sexology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73794-7_9

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