Knowledge, attitudes, and use of emergency contraception among rural western North Carolina women

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 806-810

  Fagan, E Blake ^b   Boussios, H Eleni ^b   Moore, Ruchi ^b   Galvin, Shelley L ^a  

^a MAHEC Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; Plan B; Survey research; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTIVE AGENT; MIFEPRISTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747153355     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.smj.0000224750.71182.95     Document Type: Article

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