The effect of health care coverage on circumcision rates among newborns

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1533-1536

  Quayle, Sejal S ^b   Coplen, Douglas E ^b   Austin, Paul F ^a   Frank, David ^b  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circumcision; Insurance; Male; Newborn

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; CIRCUMCISION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAID; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0041315434     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000091215.99513.0f     Document Type: Article

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