Vasectomy: An update

American Family Physician

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Dassow, Paul ^a,b   Bennett, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CAUTERIZATION; CONTRACEPTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPERM; VASECTOMY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; VASECTOMY;

EID: 33845544342     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 0002838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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