Contraception
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 361-366 , May 2004

Advanced provision of emergency contraception does not reduce abortion rates

  • Anna Glasier

      Affiliations

    • Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust Family Planning and Well Woman Services, 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44-131-332-7941.
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  • Karen Fairhurst

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK
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  • Sally Wyke

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Sue Ziebland

      Affiliations

    • University of Oxford Department of Primary Health Care, Oxford, England, UK
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  • Peter Seaman

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK
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  • Jeremy Walker

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK
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  • Fatim Lakha

      Affiliations

    • Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust Family Planning and Well Woman Services, 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 1NL, Scotland, UK

Received 18 December 2003 ,Revised 5 January 2004 ,Accepted 7 January 2004.

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PII: S0010-7824(04)00022-8

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2004.01.002

Contraception
Volume 69, Issue 5 , Pages 361-366 , May 2004

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