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Understanding contraceptive failure

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2008.11.008

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contraception; contraceptive failure

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  1. NICHD NIH HHS [R24 HD047879] Funding Source: Medline

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Contraceptive failure is a major source Of unintended pregnancy. This chapter will review Sources of data and Measurement of contraceptive failure, summarize results from the literature on the risks of contraceptive failure during typical and perfect use for available methods of contraception, provide a tool for communicating risks of contraceptive failure to clients, examine determinants of contraceptive failure, and identify methodological pitfalls in the published literature. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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