Male circumcision - see the harm to get a balanced picture

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-317

  Dalton, John D ^a  

^a Stone   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Clinical protocol; Complications; Ethics; Foreskin; Harm; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FATALITY; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMPOTENCE; MEN'S HEALTH; PENIS CANCER; PENIS GLANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SURGICAL RISK; TETANUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34548253440     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.05.006     Document Type: Note

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