Oral contraceptives and the risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage: A meta- analysis

Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 411-418

  Johnston, S Claiborne ^a   Colford Jr, John M ^b   Gress, Daryl R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031723021     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.51.2.411     Document Type: Article

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