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MeSH Heading: Contraception, Postcoital
Tree Number(s): E02.875.194.540
Unique ID: D044363
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D044363
Annotation: for postcoital douching use CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL and VAGINAL DOUCHING
Scope Note: Means of postcoital intervention to avoid pregnancy, such as the administration of POSTCOITAL CONTRACEPTIVES to prevent FERTILIZATION of an egg or implantation of a fertilized egg (OVUM IMPLANTATION).
Entry Term(s): Emergency Contraception; Fertility Control, Postcoital
Previous Indexing: Contraceptive Agents (1968-2003); Contraceptives, Postcoital (1974-2003)
See Also: Contraceptives, Postcoital
Public MeSH Note: 2004; for FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCOITAL see CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL 1980-2003
History Note: 2004; for FERTILITY CONTROL, POSTCOITAL use CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL 1980-2003
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2006/07/05

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Contraception, Postcoital MeSH Descriptor Data 2024