Adolescents’ Compliance With the Use of Oral Contraceptives

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 257, Issue 24, 1987, Pages 3377-3381

  Emans, S Jean ^a   Grace, Estherann ^a   Woods, Elizabeth R ^a   Smith, Deborah E ^b   Klein, Kayt ^a   Merola, James ^c  

^a Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84910865809     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1987.03390240083028     Document Type: Article

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