Egyptian ever-married women's attitude toward discontinuation of female genital cutting

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-20

  Afifi, M ^a  

^a Department of Primary Health Care   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Attitude; Beliefs; Female circumcision; Female genital cutting; Health survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RELIGION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; COMMUNICATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950431865     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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