Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 33-36 , January 1996

Effectiveness of Norplant® implants among Thai women in Bangkok

  • S. Chompootaweep

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationName and address for correspondence: Dr. Sumana Chompootaweep, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    • Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • ,
  • E. Kochagarn

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • ,
  • S. Sirisumpan

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
    • ,
  • J. Tang-usaha

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • B. Theppitaksak

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • N. Dusitsin

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Research, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Received 8 May 1995 ,Revised 7 August 1995 ,Accepted 27 September 1995.

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Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 33-36 , January 1996

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