Emergency Contraception Provision: A Survey of Emergency Department Practitioners
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College students' perceptions of emergency contraception provision.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.9.1.69