New policy on circumcision - Cause for concern

Pediatrics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 620-623

  Schoen, Edgar J ^a   Wiswell, Thomas E ^b   Moses, Stephen ^c  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034099773     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.105.3.620     Document Type: Article

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