Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 129-134 , June 2008

Emergency Contraception: Are Pediatric Residents Counseling and Prescribing to Teens?

  • Sylvia W. Lim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital At Montefiore, Bronx, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Sylvia W. Lim, MD, Dept. Pediatrics, Children's Hospital At Montefiore, 3444 Kossuth Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
    • ,
  • Kelechi N. Iheagwara, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Lori Legano, MD

      Affiliations

    • New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Susan M. Coupey, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Adolescent Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Children's Hospital At Montefiore, Bronx, New York

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 This study was presented in part at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, May 4, 2004, San Francisco, California.

PII: S1083-3188(07)00303-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.10.003

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 21, Issue 3 , Pages 129-134 , June 2008

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