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Awareness, use and associated factors of emergency contraceptive pills among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) in Tamale, Ghana

BACKGROUND: Emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) are one of the means by which women can use after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. ECPs can be used to reduce the prevalence of unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions. This study investigated awareness and use of ECPs among reproductive age (15-49...

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Autores principales:	Amalba, Anthony, Mogre, Victor, Appiah, Monica NA, Mumuni, Winnifred A
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177595/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25242105 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-114

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