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Contraceptive Use among Adolescents

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Adolescent Gynecology

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Successful contraceptive use among adolescents depends upon many factors. Medical, social, psychological, and economic issues all may exert independent effects on the young patient. Medical concerns are important in the choice of any therapeutic regimen, but they may be secondary or of minor importance in selection of a contraceptive method that an adolescent will utiHze successfully. Successful contraceptive use depends upon resolution of both medical and nonmedical concerns of the patient.

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    George R. Huggins

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    Alfred M. Bongiovanni M.D.

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Huggins, G.R. (1983). Contraceptive Use among Adolescents. In: Bongiovanni, A.M. (eds) Adolescent Gynecology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8324-0_6

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