Urology
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 1020-1024 , November 2009

Racial Differences in Vasectomy Utilization in the United States: Data From the National Survey of Family Growth

  • Michael L. Eisenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Michael L. Eisenberg, M.D., Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Ave, UC Clinics, A-631, San Francisco, California 94143 - 0738
    • ,
  • Jillian T. Henderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • John K. Amory

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • ,
  • James F. Smith

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, California
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Received 11 April 2009 ,Accepted 10 June 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)00883-8

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.042

Urology
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 1020-1024 , November 2009

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