Female genital mutilation: A hidden epidemic (statement from the European Academy of Paediatrics)

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-238

  Sauer, Pieter J J ^a   Neubauer, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Female circumcision; Long term consequences; Mutilation; Statement of the European Academy of Paediatrics; Violation of human rights

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYSMENORRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE I; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION TYPE III; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INFERTILITY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ADOLESCENT; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NONPROFESSIONAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIDEMICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 84897643650     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2126-0     Document Type: Article

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