Missed opportunities: Teenagers and emergency contraception

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 727-733

  Delbanco, Suzanne F ^a   Parker, Molly L ^a   McIntosh, Mary ^b   Kannel, Susan ^c   Hoff, Tina ^a   Stewart, Felicia H ^a  

^a HENRY J KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Princeton Survey Research Associates   (United States)

^c Princeton Survey Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, SYNTHETIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031829767     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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