Female genital mutilation: A global bug that should not cross the millennium bridge

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1082-1087

  Eke, Ndu ^a,b   Nkanginieme, Kanu E O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLITORIS; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; NEUROMA; SEPTICEMIA; TETANUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA DISEASE;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0032879514     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900627     Document Type: Article

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