Why circumcision is a biomedical imperative for the 21st century

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1147-1158

  Morris, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANITIS; BALANOPOSTHITIS; BIOMEDICINE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH HAZARD; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PENIS CANCER; PHIMOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; THRUSH; ULCUS MOLLE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VERRUCA VULGARIS; WART VIRUS;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PENILE NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

CHLAMYDIA; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 35848934103     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20654     Document Type: Review

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