Male circumcision as a component of human immunodeficiency virus prevention

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Wawer, Maria J ^a   Gray, Ronald H ^a   Serwadda, David ^b,c   Kigozi, Godfrey ^b   Nalugoda, Fred ^b   Quinn, Thomas C ^d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION;

CIRCUMCISION, MALE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79951749679     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.12.003     Document Type: Letter

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