Use of hormonal contraceptives and occurrence of pregnancy-related pelvic pain: A prospective cohort study in Norway

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kumle, Merethe ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c,d   Alsaker, Elin ^a   Lund, Eiliv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PARITY; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 12944280879     PISSN: 14712393     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-4-11     Document Type: Article

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