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...
Main Authors: | Essén Birgitta, Bödker Birgit, Sjöberg N-O., Gudmundsson Saemundur, Östergren P-O., Langhoff-Roos Jens |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2002-01-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862002000800006 |
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