Weight Changes in Clients on Hormonal Contraceptives in Zaria, Nigeria
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Weight changes in clients on hormonal contraceptives in Zaria, Nigeria.
Misconceptions exist in Nigeria about the effects of hormonal contraceptives on weight, which may have negative effects on contraceptive use. Data from case notes of clients attending the reproductive health centre at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, between 1993 and 1995, were analysed to determine the effects of hormonal contraceptives on body weight, comparing them to cl...
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عنوان ژورنال: African Journal of Reproductive Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1118-4841
DOI: 10.2307/3583465