A trade-off analysis of routine newborn circumcision

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 1 III, 2000, Pages 246-249

  Christakis, Dimitri A ^a,b   Harvey, Eric ^b   Zerr, Danielle M ^a   Feudtner, Chris ^a,b   Wright, Jeffrey A ^a   Connell, Frederick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Newborn circumcision; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033988881     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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