College student knowledge and attitudes toward emergency contraception

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-73

  Miller, Laura M ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; College students; Emergency contraception; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; PILL; PREGNANCY; PRESCRIPTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649903546     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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