Female genital mutilation: An overview

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-259

  Wright, Jane ^a  

^a CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; RELIGION AND SEX; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0030208167     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1996.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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