Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 533-539 , December 2009

Changing patterns of contraceptive use in Australian women

Received 5 May 2009 ,Revised 11 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 May 2009.

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☆ The research on which this paper is based was conducted as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health at the University of Newcastle and University of Queensland.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00275-3

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.05.122

Contraception
Volume 80, Issue 6 , Pages 533-539 , December 2009

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