Safety and effectiveness of vasectomy

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 923-936

  Schwingl, Pamela J ^a   Guess, Harry A ^a,b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Epididymal pain syndrome; Male contraceptives; Pregnancy; Prostate cancer; Sterilization; Testicular cancer; Vasectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC PAIN; EPIDIDYMITIS; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TESTIS CANCER; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY;

BIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE EFFECTIVENESS; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALE STERILIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFETY; STERILIZATION, SEXUAL; VASECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; HUMANS; MALE; MEDLINE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; VASECTOMY; VASOVASOSTOMY;

EID: 0033996056     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(00)00482-9     Document Type: Article

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