The legal status of emergency contraception

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-191

  Cook, R J ^a   Dickens, B M ^a   Ngwena, C ^b   Plata, M I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VISTA UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c Profamilia   (Colombia)

Author keywords

'Morning after' contraception; Conception; Contraception; Contragestion; Emergency contraception; Fertilization; Levonorgestrel; Post coital contraception

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

CONCEPTION; CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FERTILITY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; NIDATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0034776658     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(01)00481-7     Document Type: Article

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