RT Journal
A1 Leibowitz AA, Desmond K
T1 INfant male circumcision and future health disparities
JF Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
JO Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
YR 2012
FD October 1
VO 166
IS 10
SP 962
OP 963
DO 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1710
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1710
AB 
The health benefits of male circumcision (MC) have been extensively documented in observational studies1 and by randomized controlled trials in Africa showing that MC reduces heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection from women to men by 55% to 76%2- 4 and provides significant protection against human papillomavirus infection.5 Male circumcision is negatively associated with prostate cancer in men6 and with cervical cancer in female partners of men infected with human papillomavirus.7