Factors influencing Chinese male's willingness to undergo circumcision: A cross-sectional study in western China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Xiaobo ^a   Abdullah, Abu S ^a,b   Wei, Bo ^a   Jiang, Junjun ^a   Deng, Wei ^a   Qin, Bo ^c   Yan, Weili ^d   Wang, Qianqiu ^c   Zhong, Chaohui ^e   Wang, Qian ^d   Ruan, Yuhua ^f   Zou, Yunfeng ^a   Xie, Peiyan ^a   Wei, Fumei ^a   Xu, Na ^a   Liang, Hao ^a  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e National Center for STD Control   (China)

^f CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; CIRCUMCISION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FRIEND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PENIS CANCER; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREPUCE; PROTECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855774463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030198     Document Type: Article

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