Male circumcision and HIV infection: 10 years and counting

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9192, 1999, Pages 1813-1815

  Halperin, Daniel T ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b School of Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0033589805     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03421-2     Document Type: Note

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