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Rising to the challenge of male hormonal contraception
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1570
Subject(s) - medicine , hormonal contraception , hormone , family planning , population , environmental health , research methodology , endocrinology
Despite decades of research, and surveys showing that the majority of men are willing to try it, a reversible male hormonal contraceptive (MHC) has not yet reached the market. There have been many scientific and regulatory barriers to development but recent advances indicate that MHC is at last a realistic prospect.