Long-Term Studies on Side-Effects of Contraception - State and Planning

1. Experience with Studies in Several Countries.- 1.1 Introduction to the German Study and Aims of the Symposium.- 1.2 A Coordinated Program at the NIH to Evaluate the Side-Effects of Methods of Contraception: Experiences and Problems.- 1.3 Oral Contraception Study of the Royal College of General Practitioners.- 1.4 Drug Surveillance by Case-Control Methods as Means for Detecting Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives.- 1.5 Building a Flexible Program to Evaluate the Effects of Fertility Control.- 1.6 Breast Cancer and Postmenopausal Estrogen Therapy in Two Los Angeles Retirement Communities.- 1.7 The National Survey of Family Growth and the Health Examination Survey as Means for Studying Contraception.- 2. Pilot Projects of the German Study Group.- 2.1 The Pilot-I Study: Analysis of Drop-Outs and Some Results of a Pill-Taking Typology.- 2.2 The Pilot-I Questionnaire: Reliability and Applicability to a Nation-Wide Study.- 2.3 Longitudinal Results for One Year in the Pilot-I Study.- 2.4 The Munich Pilot Study of Out-Patients of the I. Universitätsfrauenklinik München in Comparison to Pilot-I.- 2.5 A Randomized Trial Comparing Pill and IUD (Pilot-III).- 2.6 A Field Survey of Oral Contraceptives with Patient Pairs out of Gynecological Practices (Pilot-III).- 2.7 The Literature Activities of the Project 'Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives - Pilot Phase'.- 3. The Planning of a German Long-Term Study.- 3.1 Reflections on and Alternatives for a German Long-Term Study on Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives.- 3.2 Discussion of the Alternatives for a German Long-Term Study.- 4. Indices.- 4.1 Author Index.- 4.2 Participant Index.