Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 272-277 , August 2008

Race, insurance status, and desire for tubal sterilization reversal

  • Sonya B. Borrero, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Matthew F. Reeves, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Eleanor B. Schwarz, M.D., M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • James E. Bost, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Research Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • Mitchell D. Creinin, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Magee Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Said A. Ibrahim, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Equity and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Said A. Ibrahim, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion (151-C), VA Pittsburgh HealthCare System, Pittsburgh, PA 15240 (FAX: 412-688-6527).

Received 18 January 2007 ,Revised 7 June 2007 ,Accepted 7 June 2007.

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 Dr. Creinin is a consultant and advisor for Organon; is on the speaker's bureau for Berlex and Organon; and has received research grants from Organon, Galen, and Berlex.

PII: S0015-0282(07)01385-4

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.06.041

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 90, Issue 2 , Pages 272-277 , August 2008

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