Oral contraceptive use by teenage women does not affect body composition

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-239

  Lloyd, Tom ^a   Lin, Hung Mo ^a   Matthews, Amy E ^a   Bentley, Christina M ^a   Legro, Richard S ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036334499     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02056-2     Document Type: Article

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