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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818718603321

Titolo

New frontiers in contraceptive research : a blueprint for action / / Sharyl J. Nass and Jerome F. Strauss III, editors ; Committee on New Frontiers in Contraceptive Research, Board on Health Sciences Policy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2004

ISBN

0-309-16653-5

1-280-17666-0

9786610176663

0-309-52829-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

NassSharyl J

StraussJerome F <1947-> (Jerome Frank)

Disciplina

613.9/4/072

Soggetti

Contraception - Research

Birth control - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Target Discovery and Validation""; ""3 Product Identification and Development""; ""4 Improving Contraceptive Use and Acceptability""; ""5 Capitalizing on Recent Scientific Advances""; ""APPENDIXES""; ""APPENDIX A--Examples of Progress and Impediments in Contraceptive Research and Development""; ""APPENDIX B--Agendas and Participants in Committee Workshops""; ""APPENDIX C--Committee Biographies""; ""Glossary""; ""Acronyms""