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Contraceptive Devices

Known as: Device, Contraceptive, nondrug contraceptive, Contraceptive 
A device designed to prevent conception through local or systemic effect, such as a barrier contraceptive, an intrauterine device, or a means of… 
National Institutes of Health

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Contraceptive AgentsFamily Planning
Contraceptive methodsDevice RemovalMicrobiologicalstandards characteristics

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Current contraceptive use in the United States, 2006-2010, and changes in patterns of use since 1995.
OBJECTIVE Use of contraception and the effectiveness of the method used to prevent pregnancy are major factors affecting national… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Use of hormonal contraceptives and risk of HIV-1 transmission: a prospective cohort study.
Review
2010
Review
2010
Family planning and the burden of unintended pregnancies.
Family planning is hailed as one of the great public health achievements of the last century, and worldwide acceptance has risen… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Explaining recent declines in adolescent pregnancy in the United States: the contribution of abstinence and improved contraceptive use.
OBJECTIVES We explored the relative contributions of declining sexual activity and improved contraceptive use to the recent… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
The causes of unmet need for contraception and the social content of services.
Since the 1960s, survey data have indicated that substantial proportions of women who have wanted to stop or delay childbearing… 
Review
1988
Review
1988
Estrogens as a cause of human cancer: the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation award lecture.
The concept that hormones can cause, i.e., increase the incidence of, neoplasia was first developed by Bittner et al. (1), based… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Risk factors for uterine fibroids: reduced risk associated with oral contraceptives.
Risk factors for pathologically confirmed uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) were investigated using data from the Oxford Family… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Toxic-shock syndrome in menstruating women: association with tampon use and Staphylococcus aureus and clinical features in 52 cases.
To determine the risk factors associated with toxic-shock syndrome (TSS) in menstruating women, we conducted a retrospective… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Sexual activity, contraceptive use and pregnancy among metropolitan-area teenagers: 1971-1979.
Results of a 1979 national survey concerning attitudes and practices of 15-19 year old women living in metropolitan areas are… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Serum high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol in women using oral contraceptives, estrogens and progestins.
To determine the associations between high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol levels and use of oral contraceptives or of… 
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