Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 394-398 , April 2006

Short-term acceptability of the Reality® polyurethane female condom and a synthetic latex prototype: a randomized crossover trial among South African women

  • Jenni Smit

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Mayville 4091, South Africa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +27 31 261 8840; fax: +27 31 261 8868.
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  • Mags Beksinska

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Mayville 4091, South Africa
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  • Gowri Vijayakumar

      Affiliations

    • Development Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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  • Zonke Mabude

      Affiliations

    • Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Mayville 4091, South Africa

Received 11 August 2005 ,Revised 31 October 2005 ,Accepted 31 October 2005.

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PII: S0010-7824(05)00458-0

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.10.019

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 4 , Pages 394-398 , April 2006

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