Standardized definitions of failure modes for female condoms

Contraception

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-255

  Beksinska, Mags ^a   Joanis, Carol ^b   Manning, Judy ^c   Smit, Jenni ^a   Callahan, Marianne ^d   Deperthes, Bidia ^e   Usher Patel, Margaret ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

failure mode; female condom; male condom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONDOMS, FEMALE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33847729932     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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