Little knowledge and limited practice: Emergency contraceptive pills, the public, and the obstetrician-gynecologist

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1006-1011

  Delbanco, Suzanne F ^a   Mauldon, Jane ^b   Smith, Mark D ^b  

^a HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030990524     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(97)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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