Teenagers' knowledge of emergency contraception: Questionnaire survey in south east Scotland

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7046, 1996, Pages 1567-1569

  Graham, Anna ^a   Green, Lora ^a   Glasier, Anna F ^b,c  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Family Planning and Well Woman Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029934275     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7046.1567     Document Type: Article

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