Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 457-459 , June 2010

Reproductive coercion: connecting the dots between partner violence and unintended pregnancy

Received 25 February 2010 ,Accepted 25 February 2010.

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☆ This commentary was produced with funding support from National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R21 HD057814-02 to Miller and Silverman), UC Davis Health System Research Award to Miller and Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health award to Miller (BIRCWH, K12 HD051958; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Office of Research on Women's Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institute of Aging).

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.02.023

Contraception
Volume 81, Issue 6 , Pages 457-459 , June 2010

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