Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 5 , Pages 488-492 , May 2006

Acceptability and satisfaction using Quick Start with the contraceptive vaginal ring versus an oral contraceptive

  • Julie E. Schafer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Lauren M. Osborne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Anne R. Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • ,
  • Carolyn Westhoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, PH 16-80, 630 West 168th St., New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 305 4805; fax: +1 212 305 6438.

Received 11 July 2005 ,Revised 3 September 2005 ,Accepted 11 November 2005.

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PII: S0010-7824(05)00431-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.11.003

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 5 , Pages 488-492 , May 2006

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