How to deal with female circumcision as a health issue in the Nordic countries

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 683-686

  Essén, Birgitta ^a   Wilken Jensen, Charlotte ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Female genital mutilation; Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLITORIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LAW; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORWAY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SOMALIA; SWEDEN; WORKSHOP; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; SCANDINAVIA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0042848941     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00317.x     Document Type: Note

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