Emergency contraception: The journey so far

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-345

  Haggai, D N P ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE; COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; DANAZOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; NORGESTREL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST TENDERNESS; CHILD ABUSE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; FETUS MALFORMATION; FETUS RISK; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDUCED ABORTION; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; OVULATION INHIBITION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VAGINA CONTRACEPTION; VERTIGO; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037386384     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2003.t01-1-02005.x     Document Type: Review

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