Prevention of HIV transmission in the UK: What is the role of male circumcision?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 158-160

  MacDonald, Abigail ^a   Humphreys, Joanna ^a   Jaffe, Harold W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALE;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 45549084465     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2008.029934     Document Type: Editorial

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