Presenting health risks honestly: Mifepristone, a case in point

Contraception

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 177-178

  Stewart, Felicia H ^b   Shields, Wayne C ^b   Hwang, Ann C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; MIFEPRISTONE; PARACETAMOL; SILDENAFIL;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIVER FAILURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SURVIVAL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 1242328749     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2003.11.016     Document Type: Editorial

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