"The case for boosting infant male circumcision in the face of rising heterosexual transmission of HIV"... and now the case against [5]

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-

  Boyle, Gregory J ^a   Hill, George ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; SAFE SEX; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NEWBORN; NOTE; STATISTICS;

AUSTRALIA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE;

EID: 79951867915     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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