Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 49-53 , January 1996

Observations of scanning electron microscopy detected abnormalities of non-lubricated latex condoms

  • Bruce A. Rosenzweig

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationName and address for correspondence: Bruce A. Rosenzweig, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, 820 S. Wood Street, (M/C 808), Chicago, IL 60612. Tel: (312) 996-7430: Fax: (312) 996-4238
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  • Aaron Even
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  • Lauri E. Budnick

Received 9 December 1994 ,Revised 30 October 1995 ,Accepted 30 October 1995.

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Contraception
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 49-53 , January 1996

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