Male circumcision and HIV in Africa [10]

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 140-141

  Lawoyin, Taiwo ^b   Kehinde, O A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; MALE CIRCUMCISION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROTECTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INCIDENCE; MALE; NOTE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE;

EID: 32044434946     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030074     Document Type: Letter

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