Long-Term Studies on Side-Effects of Contraception — State and Planning Symposium of the Study Group ‘Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives — Pilot Phase’ Munich, September 27–29, 1977

Conference reports of scientific meetings do not automatically justi­ fy publication. Our decision to publish the Proceedings of this Sym­ posium was based on a number of reasons. The subject of more or less grave adverse side-effects of oral contra­ ception is of major importance for all women. If...

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Other Authors: Kellhammer, U. (Editor), Überla, K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1978, 1978
Edition:1st ed. 1978
Series:Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Experience with Studies in Several Countries
  • 1.1 Introduction to the German Study and Aims of the Symposium
  • 1.2 A Coordinated Program at the NIH to Evaluate the Side-Effects of Methods of Contraception: Experiences and Problems
  • 1.3 Oral Contraception Study of the Royal College of General Practitioners
  • 1.4 Drug Surveillance by Case-Control Methods as Means for Detecting Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives
  • 1.5 Building a Flexible Program to Evaluate the Effects of Fertility Control
  • 1.6 Breast Cancer and Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy in Two Los Angeles Retirement Communities
  • 1.7 The National Survey of Family Growth and the Health Examination Survey as Means for Studying Contraception
  • 2. Pilot Projects of the German Study Group
  • 2.1 The Pilot-I Study: Analysis of Drop-Outs and Some Results of a Pill-Taking Typology
  • 2.2 The Pilot-I Questionnaire: Reliability and Applicability to a Nation-Wide Study
  • 2.3 Longitudinal Results for One Year in the Pilot-I Study
  • 2.4 The Munich Pilot Study of Out-Patients of the I. Universitätsfrauenklinik München in Comparison to Pilot-I
  • 2.5 A Randomized Trial Comparing Pill and IUD (Pilot-III)
  • 2.6 A Field Survey of Oral Contraceptives with Patient Pairs out of Gynecological Practices (Pilot-III)
  • 2.7 The Literature Activities of the Project ‘Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives — Pilot Phase’
  • 3. The Planning of a German Long-Term Study
  • 3.1 Reflections on and Alternatives for a German Long-Term Study on Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives
  • 3.2 Discussion of the Alternatives for a German Long-Term Study
  • 4. Indices
  • 4.1 Author Index
  • 4.2 Participant Index