Use of copper intrauterine devices and the risk of tubal infertility among nulligravid women

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 345, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 561-567

  Hubacher, David ^a   Lara Ricalde, Roger ^b   Taylor, Douglas J ^a   Guerra Infante, Fernando ^b   Guzmán Rodríguez, Raymundo ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEROLOGY; UTERINE TUBE OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035940023     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa010438     Document Type: Article

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