Is the oral contraceptive pill associated with fracture in later life?: New evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception Study

Contraception

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-47

  Memon, Sanam ^a   Iversen, Lisa ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fracture; Oral contraceptive pill; Osteoporosis; Risk

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PARITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958772826     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.11.019     Document Type: Article

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