Proposed clinical guidance for excluding pregnancy prior to contraceptive initiation

Contraception

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 326-330

  Stanback, John ^a   Yacobson, Irina ^a   Harber, Lucy ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENORRHEA; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; RISK REDUCTION; CONTRACEPTION; PROCEDURES;

CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS;

EID: 85007486316     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2016.11.003     Document Type: Note

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