An exploration of attitudes toward female genital cutting in Nigeria

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-83

  Freymeyer, Robert H ^a   Johnson, Barbara E ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AIKEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Female genital cutting; Health; Modernization; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MODERNIZATION; PERCEPTION; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; NIGERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 34147100185     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-006-9016-3     Document Type: Article

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