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Editorial: Female genital cutting: distinguishing the rights from the health agenda

  1. Rachel C. Snow

Article first published online: 9 OCT 2008

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00692.x

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Tropical Medicine & International Health

Tropical Medicine & International Health

Volume 6, Issue 2, pages 89–91, February 2001

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Snow, R. C. (2001), Editorial: Female genital cutting: distinguishing the rights from the health agenda. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 6: 89–91. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00692.x

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  1. Department of Tropical Hygiene and Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Germany

* Dr med. F. P. Mockenhaupt Institut für Tropenmedizin, Spandauer Damm 130, 14050 Berlin, Germany. E-mail: frank.mockenhaupt@charite.de

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  1. Issue published online: 9 OCT 2008
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