Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 299-303 , April 2010

Correlates of use of long-acting reversible methods of contraception among adolescent and young adult women

Received 13 August 2009 ,Revised 16 November 2009 ,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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☆ The study was funded by an anonymous foundation.

PII: S0010-7824(09)00517-4

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.11.008

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 4 , Pages 299-303 , April 2010

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