TY  - JOUR
T1  - INfant male circumcision and future health disparities
AU  - Leibowitz AA, Desmond K
Y1  - 2012/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1710
JO  - Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
SP  - 962
EP  - 963
VL  - 166
IS  - 10
N2  - 
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

SN  - 1072-4710
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1710
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1710
ER  -