Emergency contraceptive pills in Sweden: Evaluation of an information campaign

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 820-827

  Larsson, Margareta ^a   Eurenius, Karin ^a   Westerling, Ragnar ^b   Tydén, Tanja ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWEDEN; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTINS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 4043074087     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2004.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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