The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 383-387 , March 2008

Circumcision and Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections in a Birth Cohort

  • Nigel P. Dickson, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Dr Nigel Dickson wrote the first draft of the manuscript and received no honorarium, grant, or other form of payment to produce the manuscript.
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Dr Nigel Dickson, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, PO Box 913, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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  • Thea van Roode, MSc
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  • Peter Herbison, MSc
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  • Charlotte Paul, PhD

Received 16 May 2007 ,Revised 20 June 2007 ,Accepted 26 July 2007.

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 Supported by the Health Research Council of New Zealand.

PII: S0022-3476(07)00707-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.07.044

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 152, Issue 3 , Pages 383-387 , March 2008

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