Male circumcision as a measure to control HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-75

  Quigley, Maria A ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGE; CIRCUMCISION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MALE; OBSERVATION; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 0035141026     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200102000-00012     Document Type: Review

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