Menstrual suppression using oral contraceptives: Survey of deployed female aviation personnel

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 971-975

  Powell Dunford, Nicole ^a   Cuda, Amanda S ^a,b   Moore, Jeffrey L ^a,c   Crago, Mark S ^a,d   Deuster, Patricia A ^a,e  

^a Naval Operational Medicine Institute   (United States)

^b TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Naval Aeromedical Institute   (United States)

^d WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat; Continuous use; Flight; Menstruation; Oral contraceptive pill

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOATING; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST TENDERNESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUAL SUPPRESSION; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PILL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SIDE EFFECT; SPOTTING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AVIATION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENSTRUATION; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350648632     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2566.2009     Document Type: Article

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