Contraception
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 214-219 , September 2006

Menstrual irregularity from hormonal contraception: a cause of reproductive health concerns in minority adolescent young women

  • Liana R. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Merck Vaccine Division, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486-0004, USA. Tel.: +1 215 652 2640; fax: +1 215 993 4490.
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  • Kenyette T. Barnes-Harper

      Affiliations

    • Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Kenneth R. Ginsburg

      Affiliations

    • Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • William C. Holmes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Donald F. Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • Craig-Dalsimer Division of Adolescent Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Received 20 May 2005 ,Revised 8 February 2006 ,Accepted 17 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.03.026

Contraception
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 214-219 , September 2006

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