Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care

Selected References

Prevention of Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Adolescents

Prepared by William Feldman, MD, FRCPC, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Anne Martell, MA, CMC, Martell Consulting Services Ltd., Halifax, NS, and Jennifer L. Dingle, MBA, Canadian Task Force Coordinator (1989-1994)

These recommendations were finalized by the Task Force in October 1993

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5. Society for Adolescent Medicine: Position Paper on Reproductive Health Care for Adolescents. J Adol Hea 1991; 12: 649-661

6. The Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study of the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Combination oral contraceptive use and the risk of endometrial cancer. JAMA 1987; 257(6): 796-800

7. The Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study of the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: The reduction in risk of ovarian cancer associated with oral-contraceptive use. N Engl J Med 1987; 316: 650-655

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11. Rushton L, Jones DR: Oral contraceptive use and breast cancer risk: a meta-analysis of variations with age at diagnosis, parity and total duration of oral contraceptive use. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1992; 99(3): 239-246

12. Hawley W, Nuovo J, DeNeef CP, et al: Do oral contraceptive agents affect the risk of breast cancer? A meta-analysis of the case-control reports. J Am Board Fam Pract 1993; 6(2): 123-135

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17. Berenson AB, Wiemann CM: Patient satisfaction and side effects with levonorgestrel implant (Norplant) use in adolescents 18 years of age or younger. Pediatrics 1993; 92: 257-260

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19. Dixon GW, Schlesselman JJ, Ory HW, et al: Ethinyl estradiol and conjugated estrogens as postcoital contraceptives. JAMA 1980; 244: 1336-1339

20. Luerti M, Tonta A, Ferla P, et al: Post-coital contraception by estrogen/progestagen combination or IUD insertion. Contraception 1986; 33(1): 61-68

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31. American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence: Counseling the adolescent about pregnancy options. Pediatr 1989; 83(1): 135-137

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