Emergency contraception: A review

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-16

  Bastianelli, Carlo ^a,b   Farris, Manuela ^a   Benagiano, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency Contraception; Intrauterine Devices; Levonorgestrel; Mifepristone; Yuzpe Regimen

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MONOTHERAPY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVULATION INHIBITION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES;

EID: 39449118649     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180701781096     Document Type: Review

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