Journal article
Advanced provision of emergency contraception does not reduce abortion rates.
- Abstract:
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A number of small studies have demonstrated increased use of emergency contraception (EC) when women have a supply available at home. It has been suggested that widespread use of EC could reduce abortion rates. We undertook a community intervention study designed to determine whether offering advanced supplies of EC to large numbers of women influenced abortion rates. All women aged between 16 and 29 years living in Lothian, Scotland, were offered, through health services, five courses of EC ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Contraception
- Volume:
- 69
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 361-366
- Publication date:
- 2004-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1879-0518
- ISSN:
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0010-7824
- Source identifiers:
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220747
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:220747
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- pubs:220747
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2004
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