Multicenter study of the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM): I. Efficacy, duration, and implications for clinical application

Contraception

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 327-336

  Labbok, Miriam H ^a,b   Hight Laukaran, Virginia ^e   Peterson, Anne E ^d   Fletcher, Veronica ^e   Von Hertzen, Helena ^c   Van Look, Paul F A ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d Institute for Reproductive Health   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Efficacy; Family planning; Lactational amenorrhea; Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM); Postpartum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVULATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTATION; LIFE TABLES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030747197     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(97)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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