Emergency contraception update: A Canadian perspective

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 177-180

  Leung, V W Y ^a   Soon, J A ^a,b   Levine, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c British Columbia Children's and Women's Hospitals   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LEVONORGESTREL; NORGESTREL;

ABORTION; BREAST TENDERNESS; CANADA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATIGUE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NAUSEA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY RATE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOTTING; UNITED STATES; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VOMITING;

EID: 37549005169     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100443     Document Type: Review

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