Repeated use of hormonal emergency contraception by younger women in the UK

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 138-143

  Rowlands, Sam ^a   Devalia, Hassy ^a   Lawrenson, Ross ^b   Logie, John ^b   Ineichen, Bernard ^b  

^a Regeneration House   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Contraception behaviour; Drug prescriptions; Family planning; Family practice; Physician's practice patterns; Post coital contraceptives; Sex behaviour

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; DATA BASE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033909556     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118900101194562     Document Type: Article

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