Contraception
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 201-207 , September 2006

Contraceptive usage, knowledge and correlates of usage among female emergency department patients

The results of this study were presented at the 2005 American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly in Washington, DC, on September 27, 2005.

  • Roland C. Merchant

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA. Tel.: +1 401 444 5109; fax: +1 401 444 4307.
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  • Jennifer A. Damergis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • ,
  • Erin M. Gee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • ,
  • Beth C. Bock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • ,
  • Bruce M. Becker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
    • Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • ,
  • Melissa A. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA

Received 23 February 2006 ,Revised 13 March 2006 ,Accepted 17 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.03.012

Contraception
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 201-207 , September 2006

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