Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 372-375 , April 2006

Over-the-internet availability of hormonal contraceptives regardless of risk factors

  • Lisa M. Memmel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359865, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    • ,
  • Leslie Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359865, Seattle, WA 98104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 731 3228; fax: +1 206 731 5249.
    • ,
  • Jacqueline Gardner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104, USA

Received 17 August 2005 ,Revised 14 October 2005 ,Accepted 14 October 2005.

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PII: S0010-7824(05)00399-9

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.10.001

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 372-375 , April 2006

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