Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 108-111 , February 2007

Assessment of urgent and ongoing contraceptive needs in an OB/GYN urgent care setting

Received 17 August 2006 ,Revised 1 September 2006 ,Accepted 5 September 2006.

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☆ There was no outside funding for this study. All work was donated and done by the investigators.

PII: S0010-7824(06)00353-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.09.002

Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 108-111 , February 2007

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