Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 407-410 , June 2009

Better than nothing or savvy risk-reduction practice? The importance of withdrawal

  • Rachel K. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Guttmacher Institute, New York, NY 10038, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 212 248 1111x2262.
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  • Julie Fennell

      Affiliations

    • Sociology Department, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050, USA
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  • Jenny A. Higgins

      Affiliations

    • Office of Population Research, Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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  • Kelly Blanchard

      Affiliations

    • Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Received 4 December 2008 ,Revised 19 December 2008 ,Accepted 20 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2008.12.008

Contraception
Volume 79, Issue 6 , Pages 407-410 , June 2009

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