The Pill in Japan: Will Approval Ever Come?

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-45

  Kitamura, Kunio ^a  

^a Family Planning Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BUDGET; CONDOM; DRUG APPROVAL; FAMILY PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; JAPAN; LEGAL ASPECT; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY;

ASIA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EASTERN ASIA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; FAMILY PLANNING; HISTORICAL SURVEY; JAPAN; LEGISLATION; LICENSING; NEEDS; OBSTACLES; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PRODUCT APPROVAL;

ABORTION, INDUCED; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; JAPAN;

EID: 0032963260     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991557     Document Type: Short Survey

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