Current Issues in Emergency Contraception: An Overview for Providers

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 457-463

  Brunton, Jennifer ^a   Beal, Margaret W ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

contraception; emergency contraception; levonorgestrel; norgestrel

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; COPPER INTRAUTERINE DEVICE; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS LEVONORGESTREL; ETHINYLESTRADIOL PLUS NORGESTREL; GESTAGEN; LEVONORGESTREL; NORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTINOR 2;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; KNOWLEDGE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33750372546     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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