Women's knowledge and attitudes about emergency contraception: A survey in a Melbourne women's health clinic

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 460-464

  McDonald, Geraldine ^b   Amir, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0032731415     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.1999.tb03133.x     Document Type: Article

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