The politics of female genital surgery in displaced communities

Critical Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 189-201

  Allotey, Pascale ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^a   Grover, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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EID: 0038501705     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590110066649     Document Type: Article

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