Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 6 , Pages 538-542 , December 2010

Community pharmacists providing emergency contraception give little advice about future contraceptive use: a mystery shopper study

  • Anna Glasier

      Affiliations

    • NHS Lothian Family Planning and Well Woman Services, 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh, EH4 1NL Scotland and Universities of Edinburgh and London
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. NHS Lothian Family Planning Service, 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh, EH41NL Scotland, UK.
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  • Rachel Manners

      Affiliations

    • Edinburgh University Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
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  • Joanna C. Loudon

      Affiliations

    • NHS Lothian Family Planning and Well Woman Services, 18 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh, EH4 1NL Scotland and Universities of Edinburgh and London
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  • Aileen Muir

      Affiliations

    • Pharmaceutical Public Health, NHS Lothian, Deaconess House, 148 The Pleasance, Edinburgh, Scotland

Received 26 April 2010 ,Revised 6 May 2010 ,Accepted 10 May 2010.

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PII: S0010-7824(10)00325-2

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.05.008

Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 6 , Pages 538-542 , December 2010

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