Contraception
Volume 78, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages S28-S35 , October 2008

Bridging the gap between male and female fertility control; contraception-on-demand

Received 27 March 2008 ,Accepted 27 March 2008.

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 Author Disclosures: R. John Aitken, Louise M. Hughes, Renate Griffith, and Mark A. Baker do not report any conflicts of interest with the sponsor of this supplement article or products discussed in this article.

PII: S0010-7824(08)00282-5

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.03.020

Contraception
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