Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 97-104 , April 2009

Contraceptive Attitudes among Inner-City African American Female Adolescents: Barriers to Effective Hormonal Contraceptive Use

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 This work was supported by the ACOG Research Award in Adolescent Health. Dr. Gilliam is supported by grant #5K23-HD042614-02 from The National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Development.

PII: S1083-3188(08)00190-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.05.008

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 97-104 , April 2009

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