Tubal Sterilization and the Long-term Risk of Hysterectomy

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 264, Issue 22, 1990, Pages 2893-2898

  Stergachis, Andy ^a,b   Shy, Kirkwood K ^b   Grothaus, Louis C ^a   Wagner, Edward H ^a   Hecht, Julia A ^a   Anderson, Garnet ^b,d   Normand, Esther H ^a   Raboud, Janet ^b,c  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0025602868     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1990.03450220059023     Document Type: Article

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