Female genital cutting starts to decline among women in Oromia, Ethiopia

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 867-872

  Rahlenbeck, S ^a   Mekonnen, W ^a   Melkamu, Y ^a,b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b African Regional Office of the International Planned Parenthood Federation ^*  (Kenya)

Author keywords

Female circumcision; Female genital cutting; Female genital mutilation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHRISTIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL CUTTING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79952109220     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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