Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 1 , Pages 3-9 , July 2010

Adaptation of the World Health Organization's Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use for use in the United States

  • Kathryn M. Curtis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Denise J. Jamieson

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
    • ,
  • Polly A. Marchbanks

      Affiliations

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

Received 8 February 2010 ,Accepted 8 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

PII: S0010-7824(10)00058-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.02.014

Contraception
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