Female circumcision: The peril remains

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 103-108

  Elchalal, Uriel ^a,b   Ben Ami, B ^a   Brzezinski, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032986888     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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