Declining rates in male circumcision amidst increasing evidence of its public health benefit

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Mor, Zohar ^a   Kent, Charlotte K ^b   Kohn, Robert P ^b   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BISEXUAL MALE; CIRCUMCISION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 41149129567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000861     Document Type: Article

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