Contraception
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 99-107 , January 2012

Couples' acceptability of the SILCS diaphragm for microbicide delivery

  • Ron G. Frezieres

      Affiliations

    • California Family Health Council, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
    • ,
  • Terri Walsh

      Affiliations

    • California Family Health Council, Los Angeles, CA 90010, USA
    • ,
  • Maggie Kilbourne-Brook

      Affiliations

    • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    • ,
  • Patricia S. Coffey

      Affiliations

    • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), Seattle, WA 98121, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 206 285 3500; fax: +1 206 285 6619.

Received 9 February 2011 ,Revised 6 April 2011 ,Accepted 8 April 2011.

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PII: S0010-7824(11)00162-4

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.04.003

Contraception
Volume 85, Issue 1 , Pages 99-107 , January 2012

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