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- The pill,Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia. More information here.
- The minipill, Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia. More information here.
- The pill [online], The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne. More information here.
- Research into oral contraceptive pill use and risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer [online], National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre, Australia. More information here.
- Carcinogenicity of combined hormonal contraceptives and combined menopausal treatment [online], Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization. More information here.
- 'Oral contraceptive use and the risk of breast cancer' [online], in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, January 2008, vol.83, no.1, pp.86-91. More information here.
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