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YEAR: 1974

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Risks associated with oral contraceptive use.

AUTHORS

Huber DH

SOURCE

Paper presented at the Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference, Center for

Disease Control, Atlanta, April 15-19, 1974

ABSTRACT

The questions of whether oral contraceptives should be distributed by clinical or nonclinical means was evaluated

by reviewing known risks, assessing a model of mortality factors in an African population and evaluating the

importance of physicians in screening for contraindications. When Kenya tribes were studied, the results showed

that the child mortality, could be reduced by as much as 20% when the mean interval between pregnancies was

increased by 1 year. The mortality reductions would be 600X greater than the risks of oral contraceptives. Other

studies have shown that physician evaluation is not crucial in the detection of contraindications for oral

contraceptives. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT7T 3527-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Risks associated with oral contraceptive use.", is(are)

Huber DH. The source of this article is "Paper presented at the Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference, Center for

Disease Control, Atlanta, April 15-19, 1974". This article was published in 1974 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT7T 3527-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 33527

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