Female genital mutilation: Whose problem, whose solution?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7559, 2006, Pages 106-107

  Conroy, Ronán M ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RITUAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; MORALITY; NOTE; PLASTIC SURGERY; STATISTICS;

AFRICA; BEAUTY CULTURE; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MORALS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33746233333     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7559.106     Document Type: Editorial

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