Circumcision in Australia: Further evidence on its effects on sexual health and wellbeing

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-164

  Ferris, Jason A ^a   Richters, Juliet ^b   Pitts, Marian K ^a   Shelley, Julia M ^a,c   Simpson, Judy M ^d   Ryall, Richard ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Circumcision; Male; Psychological sexual dysfunction; Sexual behaviour; Sexual dysfunctions; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952158871     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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