Participant characteristics associated with withdrawal from a large randomized trial of spermicide effectiveness

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Raymond, Elizabeth G ^a   Chen, Pai Lien ^a   Pierre Louis, Bosny ^a   Luoto, Joanne ^b   Barnhart, Kurt T ^c   Bradley, Lynn ^d   Creinin, Mitchell D ^e   Poindexter, Alfred ^f   Wan, Livia ^g   Martens, Mark ^h,i   Schenken, Robert ^j   Nicholas, Cate F ^k,l   Blackwell, Richard ^m  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ University of Oklahoma Tulsa College of Medicine   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^k Vermont Women's Choice Prog P   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERMICIDAL AGENT; NONOXINOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COITUS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTIVATION; NONOXYNOL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; RISK; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 8844253194     PISSN: 14712288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-4-23     Document Type: Article

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