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Chapter 9 - Female Genital Cutting

from Section 1 - Generic Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

By
Leroy C. Edozien
Edited by
Leroy C. Edozien  and
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Leroy C. Edozien
Affiliation:
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
P. M. Shaughn O'Brien
Affiliation:
Keele University School of Medicine
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Biopsychosocial Factors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology , pp. 66 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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