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. 1997 Sep;77(3):258–260. doi: 10.1136/adc.77.3.258

Benefits of newborn circumcision: is Europe ignoring medical evidence?

E Schoen 1, R HITCHCOCK 1
PMCID: PMC1717326  PMID: 9370910

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