Unintended pregnancy and contraceptive use among women in the U.S. military: A systematic literature review

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1056-1064

  Holt, Kelsey ^a   Grindlay, Kate ^a   Taskier, Madeline ^a   Grossman, Daniel ^a  

^a IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

AMENORRHEA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOLDIER; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

AMENORRHEA; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED;

EID: 80052455650     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00012     Document Type: Article

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