Bone mineral density in midlife long-term users of hormonal contraception in South Africa: relationship with obesity and menopausal status

BACKGROUND: In South Africa, hormonal contraception is widely used in women over the age of 40 years. One of these methods and the most commonly used is depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) which has been found to have a negative effect on bone mass. Limited information is available on the effec...

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Autores principales: Beksinska, Mags E., Kleinschmidt, Immo, Smit, Jenni A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40695-018-0035-0

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6297953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40695-018-0035-0

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