Abusing female children by circumcision is continued in Egypt

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 196-200

  Zayed, Abeer Ahmed ^a   Ali, Abla Abdelrahman ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Egypt; Female circumcision; Human rights

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; EGYPT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CULTURE; DYSURIA; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860004837     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: 18787487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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