Vasectomy and subsequent cardiovascular disease in US physicians

Contraception

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 181-186

  Manson, Joann E ^a   Ridker, Paul M ^a   Spelsberg, Angela ^b   Ajani, Umed ^a   Lotufo, Paulo A ^a   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Heart disease; Male contraception; Myocardial infarction; Stroke; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STROKE; VASECTOMY;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; CEREBROVASCULAR EFFECTS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASES; MALE STERILIZATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSICIANS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY;

EID: 0033063395     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-7824(99)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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