Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 126-130 , February 2007

Pharmacy access to emergency hormonal contraception in Jacksonville, FL: a secret shopper survey

Received 10 August 2006 ,Revised 31 August 2006 ,Accepted 6 September 2006.

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☆ No external funding was received to support this project.

☆☆ Disclosure: Dr. Kaunitz is a consultant to Duramed and owns stocks in Walgreen's.

PII: S0010-7824(06)00357-X

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2006.09.004

Contraception
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 126-130 , February 2007

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