Disappearance of female genital mutilation from the bedouin population of Southern Israel

Journal of Sexual Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-73

  Halila, Suhil ^a   Belmaker, R H ^a   Rabia, Yunis Abu ^b   Froimovici, Miron ^c   Applebaum, Julia ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Kupat Holim Clinic   (Israel)

^c Kupat Holim Clalit   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bedouin; Female Genital Mutilation; Southern Israel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 58149498777     PISSN: 17436095     EISSN: 17436109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2008.01136.x     Document Type: Article

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