Antibiotics and oral contraceptive failure - A case-crossover study

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 418-425

  Toh, Sengwee ^a   Mitchell, Allen A ^b   Anderka, Marlene ^c   De Jong Van Den Berg, Lolkje T W ^d   Hernández Díaz, Sonia ^e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Case crossover study; Drug interactions; Epidemiology; Oral contraceptives; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IBUPROFEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954416381     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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