Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 5 , Pages 520-524 , May 2006

Measuring pregnancy intention and its relationship with contraceptive use among women undergoing therapeutic abortion

  • Catherine Schünmann

      Affiliations

    • NHS Lothian Family Planning and Well Woman Services, Edinburgh, EH4 1NL Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Anna Glasier

      Affiliations

    • NHS Lothian Family Planning and Well Woman Services, Edinburgh, EH4 1NL Scotland, UK
    • School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA Scotland, UK
    • Department of Public Health and Policy, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, WC1E 7HT London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. NHS Lothian Family Planning and Well Woman Services, Edinburgh, EH4 1NL Scotland, UK. Tel.: +44 0131 315 4874; fax: +44 0131 332 2931.

Received 14 October 2005 ,Revised 23 November 2005 ,Accepted 20 December 2005.

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PII: S0010-7824(06)00004-7

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.12.009

Contraception
Volume 73, Issue 5 , Pages 520-524 , May 2006

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