Oral contraceptives and women's health in Japan

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 2173-2177

  Goto, Aya ^a,b   Reich, Michael R ^b   Aitken, Iain ^c  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Dept of Maternal and Child Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSE RESPONSE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORALITY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STROKE;

EID: 0033537012     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.22.2173     Document Type: Article

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