Neonatal circumcision: An end to the controversy?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-171

  Roberts, James A ^a,b,c  

^a School of Medicine ^*

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030021737     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199602000-00002     Document Type: Review

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