Sterilization and its consequences

Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 766-777

  Hendrix, Nancy W ^a,c   Chauhan, Suneet P ^a   Morrison, John C ^b  

^a Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Spartanburg Ob/Gyn ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VASECTOMY;

COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STERILIZATION, TUBAL; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0032711224     PISSN: 00297828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006254-199912000-00005     Document Type: Review

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