Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 118-121 , February 2008

Feasibility of recruitment for an efficacy trial of emergency contraceptive pills

  • Elizabeth G. Raymond

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 919 544 7040.
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  • Jennifer Liku

      Affiliations

    • Family Health International, Nairobi, Kenya
    • ,
  • Eleanor Bimla Schwarz

      Affiliations

    • University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

Received 15 September 2007 ,Revised 19 September 2007 ,Accepted 29 September 2007.

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☆ Funding: Support for the preparation of this paper was provided by Family Health International with funds from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

☆☆ Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Family Health International or the Hewlett Foundation.

PII: S0010-7824(07)00458-1

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.09.015

Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 2 , Pages 118-121 , February 2008

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