The practice of female circumcision among muslims in Kelantan, Malaysia

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 137-144

  Rahman Isa, Ab ^a   Shuib, Rashidah ^a   Shukri Othman, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLITORIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERVIEW; LIBIDO; MALAYSIA; MOSLEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

EID: 0032800314     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(99)90125-8     Document Type: Note

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