Medical aspects of male circumcision

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7631, 2007, Pages 1206-1209

  Malone, Padraig ^a   Steinbrecher, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALANITIS; BALANOPOSTHITIS; CIRCUMCISION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PENIS; PHIMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE DISEASES; PENILE NEOPLASMS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 37249011747     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39385.382708.AD     Document Type: Review

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