Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of sexually transmitted infections: A systematic review

Contraception

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-165

  Mohllajee, Anshu P ^a   Curtis, Kathryn M ^a   Martins, Summer L ^a   Peterson, Herbert B ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hormonal contraception; Sexually transmitted infections; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; LEVONORGESTREL; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE;

CHLAMYDIASIS; EMBASE; GONORRHEA; HERPES; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVICITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WART VIRUS;

CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMANS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 30644457707     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.08.012     Document Type: Review

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