Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , February 2009

Health insurance coverage and prescription contraceptive use among young women at risk for unintended pregnancy

Received 12 August 2008 ,Revised 27 August 2008 ,Accepted 27 August 2008.

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PII: S0010-7824(08)00430-7

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.08.004

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , February 2009

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