Is Your Birth Control as Safe as You Think?


SOURCES:

Colleen Krejewski, MD, assistant professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.

Sheila Chhutani, MD, OB-GYN, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

Richard Kaye, MD, OB-GYN, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano.

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