Male circumcision and Hiv/Aids: Convincing evidence and their implication for the state of Israel

Harefuah

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 957-963

  Schenker, Inon ^a   Gross, Eitan ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Complications; HIV AIDS; Male circumcision; Policy; Religion

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISRAEL; MALE; NEWBORN; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE;

EID: 41449091360     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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