Female Genital Mutilation

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 274, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 1714-1716

  Davis, Ronald M ^a   Genel, Myron ^a   Howe, John P ^b   Karlan, Mitchell S ^a   Kennedy, William R ^a   Numann, Patricia Joy ^a   Riggs, Joseph A ^c   Heights, Haddon ^c   Douglas Skelton, W ^c   Slanetz, Priscilla J ^a   Spillman, Monique A ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Young, Donald C ^a   Allen, James R ^d   Rinaldi, Robert C ^a   Gettleman, Lynn ^a   Bresolin, Linda B ^a  

^a Group on Science Technology and Public Health American Medical Association ^*

^b NONE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

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EID: 0028807106     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1995.03530210068033     Document Type: Article

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