Series B: Intrauterine Devices

 

Resources

  • New Attention to the IUD

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,The INFO Project
    Modern intrauterine devices (IUDs) are safe, effective, and quickly reversible long-term contraceptives that require little attention after...
    2006EnglishRead More
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  • IUDs-- An Update

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,The INFO Project
    Current generation IUDs offer almost complete protection from pregnancy.  Some models are effective longer than any other reversible family...
    1995EnglishRead More
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  • IUDs-- A New Look

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,Population Information Program
    Use of the IUD is safer than pregnancy and more effective in preventing pregnancy than oral contraceptives, condoms, spermicides, barrier methods,...
    1988EnglishRead More
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  • IUDs: An appropriate contraceptive for many women

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,Population Information Program
     This discussion of IUDs covers the following:  usage shifts to copper IUDs; issues for the 1980s; comparing the Lippes Loop and copper IUDs; life...
    1982EnglishRead More
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  • IUDs- Update on Safety, Effectiveness, and Research

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,Population Information Program
     Competitive After nearly two decades of use, the IUD remains "a generally safe, effective and useful form of birth control". With fewer than six...
    1979EnglishRead More
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  • PDF icon English (7.02M)

  • IUDs Reassessed: A decade of experience

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,Population Information Program
     A decade of international experience with the intrauterine device (I UD) is reviewed.  It is estimated that 15 million IUDs are being worn...
    1975EnglishRead More
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  • Intrauterine Devices: Copper IUDs-performance to date

    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Center for Communication Programs,Population Information Program
     The current status of research and development with copper IUDs is reviewed in this report.  A copper IUD resembles other IUDs except that a...
    1973EnglishRead More
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  • PDF icon English (2.65M)