Health consequences of combined oral contraceptives

Authors
Hannaford, P
Citation
P. Hannaford, Health consequences of combined oral contraceptives, BR MED B, 56(3), 2000, pp. 749-760
Citations number
46
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
BRITISH MEDICAL BULLETIN
ISSN journal
00071420 → ACNP
Volume
56
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
749 - 760
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1420(2000)56:3<749:HCOCOC>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
During the past 40 years, combined oral contraceptives (COCs) have become a key component of modern fertility regulation programmes. Today, an estimat ed 100 million women throughout the world use this method of contraception. With such wide-spread usage, it is perhaps not surprising that COCs have b een the subject of extensive medical research.