Patient characteristics and provider practice patterns for emergency contraception in a pediatric emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Patel, Sapna ^a   Miller, Melissa K ^b   Dowd, M Denise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Emergency contraception; Plan B

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEDIATRIC WARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY TEST; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, SYNTHETIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LEVONORGESTREL; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75649142199     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181c32ec9     Document Type: Article

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