Male circumcision and genital human papillomavirus: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 104-113

  Albero, Ginesa ^a,b,c   Castellsagué, Xavier ^a,b   Giuliano, Anna R ^d   Bosch, Francesc Xavier ^e  

^a Cancer Epidemiology Research Program (CERP)   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUMCISION; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRAL CLEARANCE; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855855197     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182387abd     Document Type: Review

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