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YEAR: 1995

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Emergency contraception: the nation's best-kept secret.

AUTHORS

Hatcher RA; Trussell J; Stewart F; Howells S; Russell CR; Kowal D

SOURCE

Atlanta, Georgia, Bridging the Gap Communications, 1995. xiv, 237 p.

ABSTRACT

This book is about emergency contraception, defined as contraception used after sexual intercourse but before a

woman becomes pregnant. It "serves as both a practical guide--explaining how emergency contraception works and

how to use it--and as a directory of providers. Listed, state-by-state, are the names of over 1,000 clinics and doctors'

offices that provide emergency contraception [in the United States]." (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 2581-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Emergency contraception: the nation's best-kept secret.",

is(are) Hatcher RA; Trussell J; Stewart F; Howells S; Russell CR; Kowal D. The source of this article is "Atlanta,

Georgia, Bridging the Gap Communications, 1995. xiv, 237 p.". This article was published in 1995 in English

language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2581-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 7581

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