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Open Access 05-06-2023 | Circumcision
Black Women’s Perceptions Towards Infant and Child Male Circumcision
Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Issue 8/2023
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Metadata
- Title
- Black Women’s Perceptions Towards Infant and Child Male Circumcision
- Authors
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Eurica Palmer
Lochner Marais
Michelle Engelbrecht
- Publication date
- 05-06-2023
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Keywords
- Circumcision
Circumcision - Published in
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Maternal and Child Health Journal
/ Issue 8/2023
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6628 - DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03693-6
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