Female genital mutilation: The penultimate gender abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 501-510

  Barstow, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Female genital mutilation; Infibulation; Sunna

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLITORIS; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; SEXUAL ABUSE;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS;

EID: 0032906875     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00017-4     Document Type: Article

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