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01-12-2020 | Hysterectomy | Editorial

Racism and urogynecology: what is the connection?

Authors: Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito, Glaucia Miranda Varella Pereira

Published in: International Urogynecology Journal | Issue 12/2020

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Title: Racism and urogynecology: what is the connection?
Authors: Luiz Gustavo Oliveira Brito
Glaucia Miranda Varella Pereira
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keyword: Hysterectomy
Published in: International Urogynecology Journal / Issue 12/2020
Print ISSN: 0937-3462
Electronic ISSN: 1433-3023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00192-020-04507-x

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