Female circumcision in Nigeria: Is it not time for government intervention?

Health Care Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-23

  Briggs, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NIGERIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0031955954     PISSN: 10653058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1042(199803)6:1<14::AID-HCA256>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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