Prospective cohort study of the association between use of low-dose oral contraceptives and stroke in Chinese women

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 726-734

  Li, Ying ^a,b   Zhou, Lifeng ^c   Coulter, David ^d   Gao, Ersheng ^c   Sun, Zhiming ^b   Liu, Yunrong ^e   Wang, Xinru ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jiangsu Research Centre for Reproductive Health in Humans   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e National Population and Family Planning Commission   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese oral contraceptives; Combined oral contraceptives; Haemorrhagic stroke; Post marketing surveillance; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ANORETHIDRATE DIPROPIONATE; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTRADIOL CIPIONATE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS MEGESTROL ACETATE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORETHISTERONE; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTREL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE CAPROATE; LEVONORGESTREL; MEGESTROL ACETATE; NORETHISTERONE; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; QUINESTROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, TRAUMATIC; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33750455807     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1266     Document Type: Article

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