Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 128-132 , February 2010

There's always Plan B: adolescent knowledge, attitudes and intention to use emergency contraception

Received 2 February 2009 ,Revised 13 August 2009 ,Accepted 19 August 2009.

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☆ Financial support: This work was funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health, Contract no. 20070027374. The Harlem Health Promotion Center is funded by the CDC, Contract no. 5 U48 DP000030-05.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00383-7

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.08.005

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 2 , Pages 128-132 , February 2010

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