The long-term reproductive health consequences of female genital cutting in rural Gambia: A community-based survey

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 643-653

  Morison, Linda ^a   Scherf, Caroline ^b   Ekpo, Gloria ^c   Paine, Katie ^c   West, Beryl ^c   Coleman, Rosalind ^c   Walraven, Gijs ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Africa; Female circumcision; Female genital cutting; Female genital mutilation; Gambia; Reproductive health

Indexed keywords

HEALTH STATUS; REPRODUCTION; RURAL SOCIETY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARTHOLIN GLAND; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPAREUNIA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GAMBIA; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL;

GAMBIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; LABIA;

EID: 0034821945     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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