Contraception
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 309-314 , June 2001

Immediate postabortal contraception with the levonorgestrel intrauterine device, Norplant, and traditional methods☆

  • Nuriye Ortayli

      Affiliations

    • Woman and Child Health Training and Research Unit, Medical School of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +212-533-12 04; fax: +212-631-1710
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  • Aysen Bulut

      Affiliations

    • Woman and Child Health Training and Research Unit, Medical School of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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  • Tulay Sahin

      Affiliations

    • Woman and Child Health Training and Research Unit, Medical School of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
    • ,
  • Irving Sivin

      Affiliations

    • Center for Biomedical Research, The Population Council, New York, NY, USA

Received 29 August 2000 ,Accepted 27 March 2001.

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Contraception
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