Routine circumcision practice in Western Australia 1981-1999

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 610-614

  Spilsbury, Katrina ^a   Semmens, James B ^a   Wisniewski, Z Stan ^b   Holman, C D'Arcy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Branch   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Linked data; Routine circumcision; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0042355224     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.t01-1-02715.x     Document Type: Article

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