Emergency contraception: A second chance at preventing adolescent unintended pregnancy

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 300-309

  Gold, Melanie A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; COUNSELING; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MASTALGIA; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NAUSEA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

EID: 0030868495     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-199708000-00002     Document Type: Review

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