Bone density in a population of long term oral contraceptive pill users does not differ from that in menstruating women

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 96-100

  MacDougall, Jane ^a   Davies, Melanie C ^a   Overton, Caroline E ^b   Gulekli, Bulent ^a   Hall, Margaret ^a   Bounds, Walli ^c,d   Jacobs, Howards S ^a   Guillebaud, John G ^c,d  

^a MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Margaret Pyke Family Planning Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone density; Combined oral contraceptive pill; Menstruating women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; ESTROGENS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032720395     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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