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Oral contraception

Known as: birth control pill, birth control pills, Oral contraceptive pill 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Contraceptive AgentsContraceptive Devices
Contraceptives, OralFamily planning/oral contraceptiveOvulation InhibitionPills

Narrower (4)

Oral Contraceptives, Low-DoseOral Contraceptives, Phasicminipillprogesterone only pill

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Review
2011
Review
2011
Epidemiology of the contraceptive pill and venous thromboembolism.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Challenging Oral Contraception after Weight Loss by Bariatric Surgery
As surgical weight loss becomes more commonly performed in fertile women, adequate contraception is more frequently becoming an… 
2006
2006
Use of exogenous hormones by women and lung cancer: evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners' Oral Contraception Study.
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to assess the risk of lung cancer among women who have used oral contraception or… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Prolonged use of oral contraception before a planned pregnancy is associated with a decreased risk of delayed conception. Farrow A, Hull MGR, Northstone K, et al. J Hum Reprod 2002; 17: 2754-2761
This large study investigated the impact of oral contraceptive OC use on the time to conception in fertile women. The Avon… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
A longitudinal study of birth control and pregnancy outcome among women in a Swedish population.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Oral contraceptives and rheumatoid arthritis: new data from the Royal College of General Practitioners' oral contraception study.
From data available at April 1987 it was found that the standardised risk ratio for rheumatoid arthritis between current users of… 
1971
1971
Family planning: an expanded role for paramedical personnel.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Platelet aggregation during oral contraception*
Platelet aggregation has been found to be significantly accelerated with the coagulation-induced Chandler's tube technique in… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Clotting Factors during Oral Contraception: Further Report
Coagulation studies were performed on 97 women taking a variety of oral contraceptives (OCs) 100 normal control women and 76… 
Review
1966
Review
1966
Use of Oral Contraception in the United States, 1965
This is the first report from the Na-tional Fertility Study, 1965, a survey of the reproductive behavior of a national sample of… 
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