Each year millions of women risk genital mutilation;Kvinnlig könsstympning -en företeelse av sammansatt natur

Lakartidningen

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 2463-2468

  Andersson, Camilla ^a  

^a Värnamo Sjukhus   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY, MODERN 1601-; HUMANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0035897774     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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