Emergency Contraception in Emergency Departments in Oregon, 2003
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FFPRHC Guidance: emergency contraception (April 2003).
Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2003: 29(2) What is emergency contraception? Emergency contraception (EC) provides women with a safe means of preventing pregnancy following unprotected sexual intercourse (UPSI) or potential contraceptive failure.2–4 Alternative terms such as ‘postcoital contraception’ or the ‘morning-after pill’ are often confusing and ‘emergency contrac...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2004.046433