Why do male patients request circumcisions?

South African Family Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 25-28

  Engelbrecht, A ^a   Smith, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Motivation; Penile; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

EID: 40149102538     PISSN: 20786190     EISSN: 20786204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2004.10873042     Document Type: Article

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