Pharmacy communication to adolescents and their physicians regarding access to emergency contraception

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 624-629

  Wilkinson, Tracey A ^a   Fahey, Nisha ^b   Shields, Christine ^a   Suther, Emily ^a   Cabral, Howard J ^c   Silverstein, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent medicine; Adolescent pregnancy; Adolescent sexual behavior; Adolescents; Contraceptive agents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECONSULTATION;

ADOLESCENT; COMMUNITY PHARMACY SERVICES; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859408771     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-3760     Document Type: Article

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