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Hormonal contraceptive prescribing in teenagers rises. Practitioner 2015;259(1778):12-13

Hormonal contraceptive prescribing in teenagers rises

22 Jan 2015Pais-up subscribers

Use of hormonal contraceptives by adolescents has increased over the past decade, a  UK national retrospective cohort study has found. Data were obtained from the IMS Disease Analyzer (IMS DA) database, on girls aged 12-18 years who had had at least one prescription for a contraceptive drug between 1 January 2002 and 31 December 2011.

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