From breakthrough to bust: The brief life of norplant, the contraceptive implant

Journal of Women's History

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 88-111

  Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL;

DRUG INDUSTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DRUG INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; JURISPRUDENCE; LEVONORGESTREL; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 78049403440     PISSN: 10427961     EISSN: 15272036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jowh.2010.0585     Document Type: Review

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