Circumcision: Perspective in a Nigerian teaching hospital

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-274

  Abdur Rahman, L O ^a   Nasir, A A ^a   Adeniran, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; circumcision; hospital based practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888386859     PISSN: 01896725     EISSN: 09745998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.120906     Document Type: Article

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