Health consequences of combined oral contraceptives.
During the past 40 years, combined oral contraceptives (COCs) have become a key component of modern fertility regulation programmes. Today, an estimated 100 million women throughout the world use this method of contraception. With such wide-spread usage, it is perhaps not surprising that COCs have been the subject of extensive medical research.
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D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced; D008019:Life Style; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000139:chemically induced; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D012306:Risk; D020521:Stroke / Q000139:chemically induced; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced
D003277:Contraceptives, Oral, Combined