Attitudes toward and perceived psychosocial impact of female circumcision as practiced among the Bedouin-Arabs of the Negev

Family Process

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-443

  Al Krenawi, Alean ^a   Wiesel Lev, Rachel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0033252677     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1999.00431.x     Document Type: Article

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