On the chequered history of vasectomy

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 475-481

  Drake, M J ^a   Mills, I W ^a   Cranston, D ^a  

^a CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contraception; Eugenics; History; Prostate; Sterilization; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

EPIDIDYMITIS; EUROPE; FAMILY PLANNING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATE SURGERY; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0032873323     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00206.x     Document Type: Review

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