Advance provision of emergency contraceptive pills reduces treatment delay: A randomised controlled trial among Swedish teenage girls

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-359

  Ekstrand, Maria ^a,c   Larsson, Margareta ^a   Darj, Elisabeth ^a   Tydén, Tanja ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Emergency contraception; RCT; Sweden; Teenage girls

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; LEVONORGESTREL; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39849086346     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340801936024     Document Type: Article

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