Performance of the Reality® polyurethane female condom and a synthetic latex prototype: A randomized crossover trial among South African women

Contraception

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 386-393

  Beksinska, Mags ^a   Smit, Jenni ^a   Mabude, Zonke ^a   Vijayakumar, Gowri ^b   Joanis, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier methods; Female condom; Performance; Randomized trial; Reality; Synthetic latex

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLYETHERURETHAN; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LATEX; POLYURETHANES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33644848750     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.07.015     Document Type: Article

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