A single-arm study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and acceptability of pericoital oral contraception with levonorgestrel

Contraception

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 215-221

  Taylor, Douglas J ^a   Lendvay, Anja ^a   Halpern, Vera ^a   Bahamondes, Luis G ^b   Fine, Paul M ^c   Ginde, Savita Y ^d   Wheeless, Angie ^a   Raymond, Elizabeth G ^e  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc   (United States)

^d Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains   (United States)

^e GYNUITY HEALTH PROJECTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Levonorgestrel; Pericoital oral contraception; Single arm study

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LEVONORGESTREL;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CONDOM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL OBESITY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NAUSEA; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PEARL INDEX; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPOTTING; UNITED STATES; UNPROTECTED SEX; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX DYSPLASIA; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA RING; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

LEVONORGESTREL; PERICOITAL ORAL CONTRACEPTION; SINGLE-ARM STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896548287     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.11.013     Document Type: Article

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