Knowledge, attitude and behaviour of boys and parents about circumcision

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Corduk, Nergul ^a   Unlu, Gulsen ^a   Sarioglu Buke, Akile ^a   Buber, Ahmet ^a   Savran, Bircan ^a   Zencir, Mehmet ^a  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behaviour; Circumcision; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTHOR; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; THINKING;

ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOUR; CIRCUMCISION; KNOWLEDGE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PARENTS; PHYSICIANS; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TURKEY;

EID: 84875249229     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12152     Document Type: Article

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