Circumcision and sexually transmitted diseases.

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Published in Am J Public Health on February 01, 1994

Authors

L S Cook1, L A Koutsky, K K Holmes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle.

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