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标题：Health consequences of vasectomy in India.
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作者：S. P. Tripathy ; C. R. Ramachandran ; P. Ramachandran 等
期刊名称：Bulletin of the World Health Organization
印刷版ISSN：0042-9686
出版年度：1994
卷号：72
期号：5
页码：779-782
语种：English
出版社：World Health Organisation
摘要：Vasectomy acceptance has been declining in India during the past 20 years. Even if the risk of prostate cancer is marginally higher in vasectomized men, this risk in India has to be assessed against the immediate safety and other possible long-term benefits of this procedure. The Indian Council of Medical Research has launched a case-control study, which is unlikely to be time-consuming or beyond the available means and resources, in order to obtain definitive data on this problem. Meanwhile, vasectomy remains an excellent procedure for the couple seeking permanent methods of contraception, and specific efforts to promote its acceptance must continue in India. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (512K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. Links to PubMed are also available for Selected References . 779 780 781 782