Female genital mutilation in Djibouti

African Health Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 412-415

  Martinelli, M ^a   Olle Goig J E ^b,c  

^a Hôpital Balbala   (Djibouti)

^b Catalan Association for the Control of Tuberculosis in the Third World (ACTMON)   (Spain)

^c Hopital General Peltier   (Djibouti)

Author keywords

Djibouti; Female genital mutilation cutting

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLITORAL ABSCESS; CYST; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DYSPAREUNIA; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; KELOID; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECTOVAGINAL FISTULA; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84873243446     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v12i4.2     Document Type: Review

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