Female Genital Cutting

Journal for Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 256-260

  Porterfield, Susan P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

female genital cutting; female genital mutilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646061304     PISSN: 15554155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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