Contraception
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 68-73 , January 2011

College student knowledge and attitudes toward emergency contraception

Received 16 March 2010 ,Revised 1 June 2010 ,Accepted 2 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.06.005

Contraception
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 68-73 , January 2011

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