Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , January 2010

Oral contraceptive discontinuation and its aftermath in 19 developing countries

  • Mohamed M. Ali

      Affiliations

    • Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Cairo P.O. Box 11371, Egypt
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +20 2 2276 5363.
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  • John Cleland

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1B, England, UK

Received 29 May 2009 ,Revised 10 June 2009 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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☆ The views expressed in the article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of WHO.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00310-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.06.009

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , January 2010

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