Fertility and Sterility
Volume 74, Issue 5 , Pages 892-898 , November 2000

Requesting information about and obtaining reversal after tubal sterilization: findings from the U.S. collaborative review of sterilization

Presented at the 48th Annual EIS Conference, CDC, Atlanta, Georgia, April 19–23, 1999 and at the XV Meeting of the International Epidemiological Association (IEA) Florence, Italy, August 31– September 3, 1999.

  • Johannes E Schmidt, M.D. (M.P.H.,a,b)

      Affiliations

    • Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    • ,
  • Susan D Hillis, Ph.D. (b)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Susan D. Hillis, Ph.D., DRH/NCCDPHP (MS K-34), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770, Buford Highway, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30341 (FAX: 770-488-5965
    • ,
  • Polly A Marchbanks, Ph.D. (b)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    • ,
  • Gary Jeng, Ph.D. (b)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    • ,
  • Herbert B Peterson, M.D. (b)

      Affiliations

    • Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia USA
    • ,
  • for the U.S. Collaborative Review of Sterilization Working Group

Received 12 November 1999 ,Accepted 11 May 2000.

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☆ Supported by an interagency agreement with the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (3-402-HD41075-10).

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