Policy statement - Ritual genital cutting of female minors

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1088-1093

  Diekema, Douglas S ^a   Matheny Antommaria, Armand H ^a   Fallat, Mary E ^a   Holzman, Ian R ^a   Leuthner, Steven R ^a   Ross, Lainie F ^a   Webb, Sally ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Female genital cutting; Female genital mutilation; FGC; FGM

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAUGHTER; FAMILY; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE EAST; MOTIVATION; PARENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951831340     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0187     Document Type: Review

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