Male circumcision reduces human papillomavirus incidence and prevalence: Clarifying the evidence

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-115

  Zetola, Nicola ^a   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDITORIAL; GENITAL HERPES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WART VIRUS;

EID: 84855849767     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318242b4f3     Document Type: Editorial

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