Circumcision as a lifetime vaccination with many benefits

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 306-311

  Schoen, Edgar J ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Circumcision; Health; HIV prevention; HPV prevention; Newborns; Penile cancer

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALANOPOSTHITIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY INFECTION; MEN'S HEALTH; NEWBORN CARE; PENIS CANCER; PHIMOSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREPUCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SURGICAL RISK; SYPHILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34548258747     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2007.05.005     Document Type: Note

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