Knowledge and use of emergency postcoital contraception by female students at a high school in Nova Scotia

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-32

  Langille, D B ^a   Delaney, M E ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 0034028136     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404248     Document Type: Article

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