Pharmacy access to emergency contraception in rural and frontier communities

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 294-298

  Bigbee, Jeri L ^a   Abood, Richard ^b   Landau, Sharon Cohen ^c   Maderas, Nicole Monastersky ^c   Foster, Diana Greene ^d   Ravnan, Susan ^e  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e California Northstate College of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PHARMACY; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CALIFORNIA; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PHARMACIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34548640626     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2007.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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