Health consequences of combined oral contraceptives

During the past 40 years, combined oral contraceptives (COCs) have become a key component of modern fertility regulation programmes. Today, an estimated 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...

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Published in	British medical bulletin Vol. 56; no. 3; pp. 749 - 760
Main Author	Hannaford, P.
Format	Journal Article
Language	English
Published	England Oxford University Press 2000
Subjects	Adult Brain Ischemia - chemically induced Breast Neoplasms - etiology Carcinoma, Hepatocellular - etiology Cardiovascular Diseases - chemically induced Contraceptives, Oral, Combined - adverse effects Endometrial Neoplasms - prevention & control Female Humans Hypertension - chemically induced Life Style Liver Neoplasms - etiology Myocardial Infarction - chemically induced Neoplasms - chemically induced Neoplasms - prevention & control Ovarian Neoplasms - prevention & control Risk Stroke - chemically induced Uterine Cervical Neoplasms - etiology Venous Thrombosis - chemically induced
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ISSN	0007-1420 1471-8391
DOI	10.1258/0007142001903337

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Summary:	During the past 40 years, combined oral contraceptives (COCs) have become a key component of modern fertility regulation programmes. Today, an estimated 100 million women throughout the world use this method of contraception. With such wide-spread usage, it is perhaps not surprising that COCs have been the subject of extensive medical research.
Bibliography:	Correspondence to Prof Philip Hannaford, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen AB25 2AY, UK ArticleID:56.3.749 ark:/67375/HXZ-98HWQVJQ-2 istex:CA8E068DA61F3AFB74FAAE02DE868174B05E53C4 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23
ISSN:	0007-1420 1471-8391
DOI:	10.1258/0007142001903337