Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 152-155 , July 2006

Commentary

  • Susan Halebsky Dimock, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Program Manager of Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, Washington, DC
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Susan Halebsky Dimock, PhD, Program Manager, Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, 100 Buxton Road, Falls Church, VA 22046
    • ,
  • Timothy R.B. Johnson, MD, FACOG

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 6 June 2006 ,Accepted 7 June 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.06.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 4 , Pages 152-155 , July 2006

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