CONTENTS
- Background
- IUD Performance
- Insertion
- Removal
- Infection
- Worldwide Use
- IUDs in Family Planning Programs
December 1995
This report was prepared by Katherine Treiman, M.P.H., Laurie Liskin, Sc.M., Adrienne Kols, M.A., and Ward Rinehart, M.A. Ward Rinehart, Editor. Stephen M. Goldstein, Managing Editor, Design by Linda D. Sadler. Merridy Gottlieb, Production Coordinator. This issue is an update of Population Reports, IUDs—A New Look, Series B, No. 5, March 1989.
The assistance of the following reviewers who commented on this update, is appreciated: Marcia Angle, Jane Bertrand, Ann Blouse, I-Cheng Chi, Ronald H. Gray, Enriquito Lu, Tapani Luukkainen, Christine Mauck, James McCarthy, Noel McIntosh, Elizabeth Oliveras, Amy Pollack, Malcolm Potts, Patrick J. Rowe, Lois Schaefer, Pramilla Senanayake, Willibrod Shasha, James Shelton, and Irving Sivin. Some reviewers read parts of the manuscript; others, all.
Suggested citation: Treiman, K., Liskin, L. Kols, A., and Rinehart, W. IUDs—An Update. Population Reports, Series B, No. 6. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Population Information Program, December 1995.
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