Plan B and the politics of doubt

JAMA

Volumn 296, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1775-1778

  Davidoff, Frank ^a,c   Trussell, James ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL;

EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; NOTE; OVULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNWANTED PREGNANCY;

EID: 33749601243     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.296.14.1775     Document Type: Note

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