title: Oral contraception: where do we stand?
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diczfalusy
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced; D001695:Biology; D001769:Blood; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D003142:Communication; D003267:Contraception; D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004194:Disease; D004412:Dysmenorrhea; D004467:Economics; D004617:Embolism; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005193:Family Planning Services; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006331:Heart Diseases; D006454:Hemoglobins; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007267:Injections; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D008402:Mass Media; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008599:Menstruation Disturbances; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D009369:Neoplasms; D010048:Ovarian Cysts; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms; D010827:Physiology; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D013923:Thromboembolism; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms; D014652:Vascular Diseases
chemical_list: D003270:Contraceptive Agents; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D006454:Hemoglobins
keywords: Abortion, Induced; Biology; Breast Cancer; Cancer; Cerebrovascular Effects; Cervical Cancer; Communication; Contraception; Contraceptive Agents; Contraceptive Agents, Female; Contraceptive Agents, Progestin; Contraceptive Methods--beneficial effects; Contraceptive Methods--side effects; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Diseases; Dysmenorrhea; Economic Factors; Embolism; Endometrial Cancer; Evaluation; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Heart Diseases; Hemic System; Hemoglobin Level; Infant Mortality; Injectables; Liver Neoplasms; Mass Media; Maternal Mortality; Menstruation Disorders; Morbidity; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Needs; Neoplasms; Oral Contraceptives--beneficial effects; Oral Contraceptives--side effects; Ovarian Cancer; Ovarian Cysts; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Thromboembolism; Vascular Diseases; World