Long-Term Studies on Side-Effects of Contraception - State and Planning: Symposium of the Study Group 'Side-Effects of Oral Contraceptives - Pilot Phase' Munich, September 27-29, 1977

Conference reports of scientific meetings do not automatically justi­ fy publication. Our decision to publish the Proceedings of this Symposium was based on a number of reasons. The subject of more or less grave adverse side-effects of oral contra­ ception is of major importance for all women. If the research insti­ tutions of Gynecology make fundamental mistakes in this subject, then the trust in them will diminish substantially. National institutions will have to shoulder a part of that b...