RACP's policy statement on infant male circumcision is ill-conceived

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-22

  Morris, Brian J ^a   Bailis, Stefan A ^b   Castellsague, Xavier ^c   Wiswell, Thomas E ^d   Halperin, Daniel T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Research and Education Association on Circumcision Health Effects   (United States)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BALANITIS; BALANOPOSTHITIS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; COST CONTROL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEER REVIEW; PENIS CANCER; PHIMOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WELLBEING;

EID: 33244470717     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00079.x     Document Type: Review

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