Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , April 2009

Emergency Contraception Services for Adolescents: a National Survey of Children's Hospital Emergency Department Directors

  • Megan L. Kavanaugh, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Megan L. Kavanaugh, DrPH, Guttmacher Institute, 125 Maiden Lane, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10038
    • ,
  • Richard A. Saladino, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • ,
  • Melanie A. Gold, DO

      Affiliations

    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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 Research is partially supported by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Gary Stewart Scholarship for Public Health Research and by the University of Pittsburgh Women's Studies Student Research Fund Award.

 Presented as an oral abstract at Reproductive Health 2007, Minneapolis, MN, September 27, 2007.

PII: S1083-3188(08)00141-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.04.002

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , April 2009

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