Is vasectomy harmful to health?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 47, Issue 419, 1997, Pages 381-386

  Mcdonald, Stuart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM; VASECTOMY;

BIOLOGY; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EPIDIDYMITIS; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, MALE; GRANULOMAS; INFECTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEW; LONGTERM EFFECTS; MALE STERILIZATION; NEOPLASMS; NORTHERN EUROPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTATE; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VASECTOMY--SIDE EFFECTS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0030905649     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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