Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?

Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?

OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whether there is an association between female circumcision and perinatal death. METHOD: To investigate this, w...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Essén Birgitta, Bödker Birgit, Sjöberg N-O., Gudmundsson Saemundur, Östergren P-O., Langhoff-Roos Jens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2002-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Subjects:
Circumcision, Female/adverse effects
Labor complications/etiology
Infant mortality
Transients and migrants
Cohort studies
Africa, Eastern
Sweden
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000800006

Internet

http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000800006

Similar Items