Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 360-368 , September 2008

Who is Using Emergency Contraception? Awareness and Use of Emergency Contraception Among California Women and Teens

  • Susie B. Baldwin, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Pubic Health, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Susie Baldwin, MD, MPH, Chief, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, 313 North Figueroa Street, Room 127, Los Angeles, CA 90012
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  • Rosa Solorio, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Department of Health Services, Seattle, Washington
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  • Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California
    • David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Department of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
    • ,
  • Hongjian Yu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California
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  • Yii-Chieh Huang, MS

      Affiliations

    • University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California
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  • E. Richard Brown, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of California Los Angeles, School of Public Health, Center for Health Policy Research, Los Angeles, California

Received 1 December 2007 ,Revised 28 June 2008 ,Accepted 30 June 2008.

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 Supported by funds from the California Program on Access to Care (CPAC), California Policy Research Center, University of California, Grant Number DNN02K. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Regents of the University of California, CPAC, its advisory board, or any State or County executive agency represented thereon.

PII: S1049-3867(08)00095-9

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2008.06.005

Women's Health Issues
Volume 18, Issue 5 , Pages 360-368 , September 2008

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