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Mortality associated with oral contraceptive use — 25 year follow up of cohort of 46,000 women from Royal College of General Practitioners' oral contraception study
Author(s)	Valerie Beral, Carol Hermon, Clifford Kay
Corporate Author	Royal College of General Practitioners
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 318, no 7176, 9 January 1999
Pages	pp 96-100
Keywords	Drugs ; Women ; Death rate [statistics] ; Longitudinal surveys.
Annotation	This 25 year follow up of 46,000 women found a decrease in mortality from ovarian cancer, and an increase in mortality from circulatory diseases and cervical cancer among women who were using oral contraceptives, or had used them in the past 10 years. 10 or more years after stopping use, mortality was similar in past users and never users. Oral contraceptives seem to have their main effect on mortality mainly while they are being used and in the 10 years after stopping use. There is little evidence to suggest any persistent adverse effect 10 or more years after use of oral contraceptives ceases. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-990121201 A
Classmark	LLD: SH: S5: 3J *
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