Misconceptions about the side effects of combined oral contraceptive pills

Gynecological Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 282-285

  Küçük, Mert ^a   Aksu, Hilmiye ^a   Sezer, Selda Demircan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Belief; Combined oral contraceptive pills (COCPs); Contraception; Misconception; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEADACHE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; LIBIDO DISORDER; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; WEIGHT GAIN; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858399043     PISSN: 09513590     EISSN: 14730766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09513590.2011.613502     Document Type: Article

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