Roundtable: The New Evidence on Male Circumcision: An Indian Perspective

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 15, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Chandhiok, Nomita ^a   Gangakhedkar, RR ^b  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INDIAN; INFECTION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VASECTOMY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; SOCIOLOGY;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RELIGION; SOCIOLOGY; VASECTOMY;

EID: 34248327331     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(07)29309-7     Document Type: Note

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