Male circumcision in HIV prevention: Some implementation caveats

HIV Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 327-328

  Lazarus, J V ^a   Giordano, N ^b   Matic, S ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 47649111446     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00595.x     Document Type: Editorial

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