Foreskin management: Survey of Canadian pediatric urologists

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Metcalfe, Peter D ^a,b   Elyas, Remon ^c  

^a STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BALANITIS; CANADA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICTURITION; PHIMOSIS; PREPUCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; UROLOGY;

CANADA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FORESKIN; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UROLOGY;

EID: 77956525890     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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