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. 2004 Jun;30(3):248–253. doi: 10.1136/jme.2004.008888

Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom—critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilation

S Hellsten 1
PMCID: PMC1733870  PMID: 15173357

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