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Non-therapeutic infant male circumcision

Evidence, ethics, and international law perspectives

Abdullah Alkhenizan and Kossay Elabd
Saudi Medical Journal September 2016, 37 (9) 941-947; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.9.14519

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