Over-the-counter access to oral contraceptives as a reproductive healthcare strategy

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Grossman, Daniel ^a,b   Fuentes, Liza ^a  

^a IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

contraception; oral contraceptives; over the counter; pregnancy prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; BREAST CANCER; COST; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FEMALE CONDOM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; KUWAIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEDICAID; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84888137039     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: 1473656X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0000000000000019     Document Type: Review

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