Female genital mutilation/cutting in the United States: Updated estimates of women and girls at risk, 2012

Public Health Reports

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 340-347

  Goldberg, Howard ^a   Stupp, Paul ^a   Okoroh, Ekwutosi ^a   Besera, Ghenet ^a   Goodman, David ^a   Danel, Isabella ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; INFANT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84959222712     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491613100218     Document Type: Article

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