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Factors affecting mortality in a large cohort study with special reference to oral contraceptive use
  1. Ellen Golightly
  1. Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

https://doi.org/10.1136/jfprhc.2011.0046

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    1. Vessey M,
    2. Yeates D,
    3. Flynn S
    . Contraception 2010;82:221–229
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    Women often express concern about the potential long-term health effects of taking combined oral contraceptives (COCs), particularly following reports of risks in the media, so data based on long-term follow-up of COC users are always a welcome tool for counselling women on contraceptive choices.

    This paper provides a report on mortality in a cohort of over 17 000 women recruited to the Oxford-Family Planning Association contraception study between 1968 and 1974. Mortality data from this study have been published previously, most recently …

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    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.