Male circumcision: Towards a World Health Organisation normative practice in resource limited settings

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 628-638

  Hargreave, Tim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; male circumcision

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GENERAL SURGERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANUALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956451528     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: 17457262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aja.2010.59     Document Type: Review

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