Female genital cutting: An evidence-based approach to clinical management for the primary care physician

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 618-629

  Hearst, Adelaide A ^a   Molnar, Alexandra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPLICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA BASE; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE I; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE II; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE III; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE IV; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; IMMIGRANT; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE EAST; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VIRGINITY;

EID: 84880215890     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.04.004     Document Type: Review

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