Male circumcision and HIV/AIDS: challenges and opportunities

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9562, 2007, Pages 708-713

  Sawires, Sharif R ^a   Dworkin, Shari L ^b   Fiamma, Agnès ^a   Peacock, Dean ^a,c   Szekeres, Greg ^a   Coates, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sonke Gender Justice   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33847355130     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60323-7     Document Type: Note

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