Is there an association between the use of oral contraception and depressive symptoms in young Australian women?

Contraception

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-31

  Duke, Janine M ^a   Sibbritt, David W ^a   Young, Anne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Longitudinal studies; Oral contraception; Women's health

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33845241054     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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