Neonatal circumcision: A dispassionate analysis

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 849-859

  Learman, Lee A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PENIS CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

AGE FACTORS; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; INFANT; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALE CIRCUMCISION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; YOUTH;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033397361     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199912000-00011     Document Type: Review

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