Reaching the tipping point against female genital mutilation

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9483, 2005, Pages 347-349

  Shaaban, Layla M ^a   Harbison, Sarah ^a  

^a UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 23044509527     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67003-1     Document Type: Note

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