Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 168-173 , August 2010

Postexposure prophylaxis for victims of sexual assault: treatments and attitudes of emergency department physicians

  • Arvind Bakhru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 328 5959; fax: +1 410 328 0279.
    • Currently at: University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, L4510WH, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Tel.: +1 734 232 3797; fax: +1 734 764 7261.
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  • Julie B. Mallinger

      Affiliations

    • Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC 20001, USA
    • ,
  • Michelle C. Fox

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA

Received 18 May 2009 ,Revised 7 December 2009 ,Accepted 7 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.01.005

Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 2 , Pages 168-173 , August 2010

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