Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , August 2005

Availability of Emergency Contraception: A Survey of Hospital Emergency Department Staff

  • Teresa Harrison, SM

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Teresa Harrison, SM, Ibis Reproductive Health, 2 Brattle Square, Cambridge, MA 02138; 617-349-0040, fax 617-349-0041

Received 12 April 2004 ,Revised 7 January 2005 ,Accepted 14 January 2005.

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 Supervising editor: Debra E. Houry, MD, MPHFunding and support: Funding was provided by the John Merck Fund and Catholics for a Free Choice.Presented at the Population of Association annual meeting, Boston, MA, April 2004.

PII: S0196-0644(05)00083-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.01.017

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 105-110 , August 2005

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