Female genital cutting and reproductive experience in Minya, Egypt

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-211

  Yount, Kathryn M ^a   Carrera, Jennifer S ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Female genital cutting; Gender; Proximate determinants of fertility; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EGYPT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33747160784     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.2006.20.2.182     Document Type: Article

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