Young women's accounts of factors influencing their use and non-use of emergency contraception: In-depth interview study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7377, 2002, Pages 1393-1396

  Free, Caroline ^a   Lee, Raymond M ^b   Ogden, Jane ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DRUG COST; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHAME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MORALS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN;

EID: 0037079399     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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