Circumcision and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Birth Cohort

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-387

  Dickson, Nigel P ^a   van Roode, Thea ^a   Herbison, Peter ^a   Paul, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHLAMYDIASIS; CIRCUMCISION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38949205891     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.044     Document Type: Article

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