Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , July 2010

Combined oral contraceptive use among breastfeeding women: a systematic review

  • Nathalie Kapp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Kathryn M. Curtis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA

Received 1 February 2010 ,Accepted 2 February 2010.

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☆ The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the World Health Organization or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

☆☆ This review was supported by resources from the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Agency for International Development and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the USA.

PII: S0010-7824(10)00045-4

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.02.001

Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 10-16 , July 2010

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