HPV and circumcision: A biased, inaccurate and misleading meta-analysis

Journal of Infection

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-93

  Castellsagué, Xavier ^a   Albero, Ginesa ^a   Clèries, Ramón ^a   Bosch, F Xavier ^a  

^a CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

CIRCUMCISION; CONDYLOMA; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SCROTUM; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VIRUS DETECTION; WART VIRUS;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PENILE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34250002751     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2007.02.009     Document Type: Letter

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