The influence of oral contraceptives on the risk of multiple sclerosis

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1296-1299

  Thorogood, Margaret ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE;

BIOLOGY; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--SIDE EFFECTS; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MUSCULAR EFFECTS; NORTHERN EUROPE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, COMBINED--SIDE EFFECTS; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES--SIDE EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032409447     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10008.x     Document Type: Article

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