Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 376-381 , March 2004

Emergency contraception: What do our patients know?

  • Jean Abbott, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Jean Abbott, MD, B-215, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262
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  • Kim M Feldhaus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, CO, USA
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  • Debra Houry, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Denver Health Emergency Medicine Residency, Denver, CO, USA
    • Dr. Houry is currently affiliated with the Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
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  • Steven R Lowenstein, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA
    • Departments of Emergency Medicine, Medicine and Preventive Medicine/Biometrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA

Received 28 July 2003 ,Revised 1 October 2003 ,Accepted 23 October 2003.

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☆ Author contributions: JA, KMF, and DH conceived the study and designed the trial, with design advice from SRL. KMF and DH supervised the conduct of the trial and data collection, institutional review board approval, and managing of the data, including quality control. SRL provided statistical advice on study design. KMF and JA analyzed the data. JA drafted the manuscript, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. JA takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Presented at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine annual meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 2002.The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(03)01120-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2003.10.039

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 43, Issue 3 , Pages 376-381 , March 2004

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