Emergency contraception: Politics trumps science at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 220-221

  Grimes, David A ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POSTCOITUS CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; DRUG APPROVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; SCIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; POLITICS; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 4344628840     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000135804.89369.59     Document Type: Editorial

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