Does circumcision influence sexually transmitted diseases?: A literature review

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-62

  Van Howe, R S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYCOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; URETHRITIS;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0033063808     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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