Pharmacy access to the emergency contraceptive pill: A national survey of a random sample of Australian women

Contraception

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Hobbs, Melissa K ^a   Taft, Angela J ^a   Amir, Lisa H ^a   Stewart, Kay ^b   Shelley, Julia M ^c   Smith, Anthony M ^a   Chapman, Colin B ^b   Hussainy, Safeera Y ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency contraceptive pills; Knowledge, Attitude; Pharmacy access; Practice

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PHARMACIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651438301     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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