Trends in paediatric circumcision and its complications in England between 1997 and 2003

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 885-890

  Cathcart, P ^a   Nuttall, M ^a   Van Der Meulen, J ^a,b   Emberton, M ^a,c   Kenny, S E ^d,e  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND NEPHROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e British Association of Paediatric Surgeons Clinical Outcomes Committee   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CIRCUMCISION; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHIMOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHIMOSIS;

EID: 33745857300     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.5369     Document Type: Article

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