Female Genital Mutilation and Obstetric Outcomes: Flawed Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Does Not Accurately Reflect the Available Evidence
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1 Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva (ICMER), 8320165 Santiago, Chile 2 National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, 0200 Canberra, Australia 3 Sigma3 Services SARL, Scientific & Statistical Solutions, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland 4College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan 1001, Nigeria 5 Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 1290 Geneva, Switzerland 6Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, World Health Organization, Cairo 11371, Egypt
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دوره 2014 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014