RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Epidemiological and public health aspects of oral contraceptives and thromboembolic disease
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 62
OP 66
DO 10.1136/jcp.s1-3.1.62
VO s1-3
IS 1
A1 Martin P. Vessey
YR 1969
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/s1-3/1/62.abstract
AB The evidence relating oestrogen-progestogen oral contraceptives to venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and cerebral thrombosis is reviewed. The risks associated with the use of oral contraceptives are then discussed in relation to the risks associated with the use of less effective methods of birth control.