HIV/AIDS and circumcision: Lost in translation

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 798-801

  Fox, Marie ^a   Thomson, Michael ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LITERATURE; MALE;

AFRICA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC;

EID: 78649651783     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2010.038695     Document Type: Article

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