American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 22.e1-22.e7 , July 2009

Characteristics of women who sought emergency contraception at a university-based women's health clinic

  • Jared W. Parrish, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI
    • MCH-Epidemiology DPH, Anchorage, AK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Jared W. Parrish, MS, 7110 Ambler Ln, #15, Anchorage, AK 99504
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  • Alan R. Katz, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI
    • ,
  • John S. Grove, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI
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  • Jay Maddock, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI
    • ,
  • Sue Myhre, MS, MPH, RN CS, APRN BC

      Affiliations

    • University Health Services, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI

Received 1 August 2008 ,Revised 3 December 2008 ,Accepted 6 March 2009.

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 Authorship and contribution to the manuscript is limited to the 5 authors indicated. There was no outside funding or technical assistance with the production of this article.

 Cite this article as: Parrish JW, Katz AR, Grove JS, et al. Characteristics of women who sought emergency contraception at a university-based women's health clinic. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:22.e1-7.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00267-1

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.03.012

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 22.e1-22.e7 , July 2009

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