MeSH

Prevention of CONCEPTION by blocking fertility temporarily, or permanently (STERILIZATION, REPRODUCTIVE). Common means of reversible contraception include NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; or CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES.

Year introduced: 1963

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).

Year introduced: 2004

Methods of contraception in which physical, chemical, or biological means are used to prevent the SPERM from reaching the fertilizable OVUM.

Year introduced: 2004

Contraceptive methods based on immunological processes and techniques, such as the use of CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINES.

Year introduced: 1991(1975)

Behavior patterns of those practicing CONTRACEPTION.

Year introduced: 1975

Contraceptive methods that utilize HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS.

Year introduced: 2020

Prevention of CONCEPTION by devices, chemical substances or agents with contraceptive activity in females which last for years and can be removed.

Year introduced: 2018

The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.

Year introduced: 1978

The rate of success or failure of a method of CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; or CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES.

Year introduced: 2018

putative DJ-1 homolog; isolated from rat; amino acid sequence in first source; GenBank AJ007291

Date introduced: November 20, 1998