Efficacy of the female condom as a barrier to semen during intercourse.

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Published in Am J Epidemiol on February 15, 2003

Authors

Maurizio Macaluso1, M Louise Lawson, Glen Hortin, Ann Duerr, Karen R Hammond, Richard Blackwell, Amy Bloom

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and International Health, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. mmacaluso@cdc.gov

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