The effect of pack supply on oral contraceptive pill continuation: A randomized controlled trial

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 615-622

  White, Katharine O'Connell ^a,b   Westhoff, Carolyn ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; HUMAN; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG PACKAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052138092     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3182289eab     Document Type: Article

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