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woman-year

Etymology: AS, wifman + gear

(in statistics) 1 year in the reproductive life of a sexually active woman; a unit that represents 12 months of exposure to the risk of pregnancy. Woman-years are used in calculating a pregnancy rate in the assessment of the effectiveness of the various methods of family planning and of the adverse effect on the birthrate of various environmental factors.

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contraceptive effectiveness hormone replacement therapy osteoporosis pregnancy rate			The mare one was based on all women for whom central registry data were available and included about 744,000 woman-years of observation for ever-users of oral contraceptives and 339,000 woman-years of observation for never-users. Pill use is associated with reductions in overall risk of cancer and ... by Hollander, D. / Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health In the phase II study, which included 2,392 young women, the incidence of persistent HPV-16 infection in those who received active vaccine was 0/100 woman-years by a median of 17. HPV vaccine may prevent infection in women: international phase III ... by Walsh, Nancy / Clinical Psychiatry News This is because the absolute risk of any adverse cardiovascular events in women of reproductive age is low; even among hypertensive women ages 20 to 24 years who use COCs, such adverse events are estimated to be only 312 per million woman-years. Hormonals and hypertension. (Clinical Challenges) by Network			Wolfe Classification Wolfe graft Wolfe Patterns Wolff Wolff's law Wolff-Chaikoff effect Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Wolffian wolffian body wolffian cyst Wolffian Duct wolffian rest Wolffian ridge wolfhound wolfram Wolfram Syndrome Wolframin Wolfsbane wolfsmelk Wolinella succinogenes Wolman's disease wolverine WOMAC WOMAC Score Woman woman-year womb WOMBAT women's health Women's Health Initiative Women’s Health Initiative Wonder Drug Wonderlic Personnel Test Wong Baker Face Model Wonky Mouse wood wood alcohol wood anemone wood bison wood creosote wood garlic wood horsetail wood laurel wood preservative Wood Sorrel wood sugar wood tar derivatives wood tick Wood's filter Wood's lamp Wood's light			Woman to Woman Woman's Auxiliary to the AIME woman's body Woman's Christian Temperance Union Woman's Christian Temperance Union Woman's Christian Temperance Union woman's clothing Woman's Club of Logan Library Inc. woman's doctor woman's hat Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania Woman's Missionary Union Woman's National Republican Association Woman's right to choose Woman's right to choose Woman's Rights Woman's Rights Woman's Rights Woman's Studies Woman's Sufferage Woman's suffrage woman-hater Woman-killer Woman-Owned Business Woman-owned Business Enterprise Woman-Owned Small Business woman-to-woman woman-to-woman woman-to-woman woman-worship woman-year Womanfriend womanfully Womanhead womanhood womanhood womanhood womanhood womanise womanise womanise womanised womaniser womaniser womaniser womanisers womanises womanish womanishly womanishness womanising womanism womanist Womanist theology womanists womanize womanize womanize womanized womanizer womanizer

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