Female circumcision and obstetric complications
- 7 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Vol. 77 (3) , 255-265
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00028-0
Abstract
Objectives: To examine whether complications at delivery are associated with female circumcision. Method: One thousand eight hundred and fifty‐one women seeking family planning or antenatal care in ...Keywords
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