Differences between users and non-users of emergency contraception after a recognized unprotected intercourse

Contraception

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-3

  Sørensen, Morten Beck ^a   Pedersen, Beth Lilja ^a   Nyrnberg, Lone Enslev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraceptive behaviour; Decision making; Emergency contraception; Intercourse; Postcoital contraception

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033829315     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(00)00128-1     Document Type: Article

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