Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 254-260 , March 2010

Perceptions of the safety of oral contraceptives among a predominantly Latina population in Texas

  • Daniel Grossman

      Affiliations

    • Ibis Reproductive Health, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1 510 986 8941.
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  • Leticia Fernández

      Affiliations

    • US Census Bureau, Washington, DC 22204, USA
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  • Kristine Hopkins

      Affiliations

    • Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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  • Jon Amastae

      Affiliations

    • College of Health Sciences and Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
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  • Joseph E. Potter

      Affiliations

    • Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA

Received 15 May 2009 ,Revised 17 September 2009 ,Accepted 21 September 2009.

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☆ This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01-HD047816), as well as by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.

☆☆ A version of this manuscript was presented at the 2007 annual meeting of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00419-3

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.09.009

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 254-260 , March 2010

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