Do oral contraceptives improve vocal quality? Limited trial on low-dose formulations

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 773-777

  Amir, Ofer ^a   Biron Shental, Tal ^b   Muchnik, Chava ^b   Kishon Rabin, Liat ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS GESTODENE; GESTODENE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND DETECTION; VOICE;

EID: 0037381805     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)03126-5     Document Type: Article

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