Circumcision in the United States: Prevalence, prophylactic effects, and sexual practice

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1052-1057

  Laumann, Edward O ^a   Masi, Christopher M ^b   Zuckerman, Ezra W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030910040     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.13.1052     Document Type: Article

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