Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 3 , Pages 230-235 , September 2010

Contraceptive sterilization use among married men in the United States: results from the male sample of the National Survey of Family Growth

  • John E. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Lee Warner

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • ,
  • Denise J. Jamieson

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • ,
  • Dmitry M. Kissin

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
    • ,
  • Ajay K. Nangia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., MS3016, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA
    • ,
  • Maurizio Macaluso

      Affiliations

    • Women's Health and Fertility Branch, Division of Reproductive Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA

Received 12 March 2010 ,Accepted 29 March 2010.

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PII: S0010-7824(10)00135-6

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2010.03.018

Contraception
Volume 82, Issue 3 , Pages 230-235 , September 2010

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