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GARCIA MIRAS, Ramón; LAY RODRIGUEZ, Adalberto  e  RIVERON COBO, Ana María. Anticoncepción de emergencia. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2002, vol.18, n.4, pp. 278-280. ISSN 1561-3038.

A bibliographic review on emergency contraception was made so that our population knows and be able to use emergency contraception to reduce undesired pregnancies with their subsequent interruption and complications. This hormonal method may be applied with the contraceptive preparations we have. It is efficient and has a few complications.

Palavras-chave : CONTRACEPTION [methods]; FAMILY PLANNING [methods]; CONTRACEPTIVES, POSTCOITAL; INTRAUTERINE DEVICES, COPPER.