Feasibility of medical male circumcision in Nyanza Province, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 230-235

  Mattson, C L ^a   Muga, R ^b   Poulussen, R ^c   Onyango, T ^b   Bailey, R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c Flemish Association for Development Cooperation and Technical Assistance   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INSTRUMENTATION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; HYGIENE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION;

EID: 12944325467     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/eamj.v81i5.9165     Document Type: Article

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