Current global status of female genital mutilation: A review

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 268-272

  Magoha, G A O ^a   Magoha, O B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0034178105     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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