Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1642-1645, May 2009

Does vasectomy explain the difference in tubal sterilization rates between black and white women?

  • Sonya Borrero, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Health Equity and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Sonya Borrero, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Center for Research on Health Care, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA (FAX: (412) 692-4838).
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  • Eleanor B. Schwarz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Magee-Womens Research Institute, 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-Womens Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • James E. Bost, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

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

      Affiliations

    • Divison of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Center for Health Equity and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Received 11 December 2007; received in revised form 29 January 2008; accepted 31 January 2008. published online 03 April 2008.

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 S.B. has nothing to disclose. E.B.S. has nothing to disclose. M.F.R. has nothing to disclose. J.E.B. has nothing to disclose. M.D.C. has received research funding from, and served as a consultant for, Organon, and has received research funding and honoraria from Bayer. S.A.I. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(08)00234-3

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.01.103

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 5 , Pages 1642-1645, May 2009

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