Stroke in users of low-dose oral contraceptives

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-15

  Petitti, Diana B ^a,b   Sidney, Stephen ^a   Bernstein, Allan ^a   Wolf, Sheldon ^a   Quesenberry, Charles ^a   Ziel, Harry K ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^b SCPMG   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DOSE ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AMERICAS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR EFFECTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION TERMINATION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; ISCHEMIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, LOW-DOSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PERIOD; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0029946560     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199607043350102     Document Type: Article

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