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Contraceptive Availability to Adolescents: Do American Values Violate Our Most Vulnerable?
Author(s) -
Elders MJ
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/clpt.2008.178
Subject(s) - sexually active , clinical pharmacology , medicine , psychology , demography , family medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , pharmacology , sociology
Sexually active adolescents need contraceptives. Nearly half of all 15‐ to 18‐year‐olds have engaged in sexual activity before finishing high school, and >70% are sexually active by the age of 20 years. The consequences of adolescents having unprotected sex are devastating. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2008); 84 , 6, 741–745 doi: 10.1038/clpt.2008.178
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