Emergency contraceptive pills: A 10-year follow-up survey of use and experiences at college health centers in the mid-Atlantic United States

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 249-256

  Miller, Laura McKeller ^a   Sawyer, Robin G ^b  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

College student health; Contraception; Emergency contraception; Health centers; Women's health

Indexed keywords

POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; UNIVERSITIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 33645124772     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.54.5.249-256     Document Type: Review

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