Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2007

Is there an association between the use of oral contraception and depressive symptoms in young Australian women?

  • Janine M. Duke

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia
    • ,
  • David W. Sibbritt

      Affiliations

    • Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia. Tel.: +61 2 49236144; fax: +61 2 49236148.
    • ,
  • Anne F. Young

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for Gender, Health and Aging, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, Australia

Received 28 June 2006 ,Revised 29 July 2006 ,Accepted 2 August 2006.

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☆ We are grateful to the Australian Government's Department of Health and Aging for funding.

PII: S0010-7824(06)00316-7

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.08.002

Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 1 , Pages 27-31 , January 2007

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