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Global Public Health
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Volume 10, 2015 - Issue 5-6: Circumcision and HIV prevention: Emerging debates in science, policies and programs
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Making the circumcision controversy controversial: Going meta and taking aim at the messenger(s): Reply to Wamai et al.

Kenneth Rochel de Camargo JrInstituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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André Luiz de Oliveira MendonçaInstituto de Medicina Social, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilView further author information
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Christophe PerreyGender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Team, INSERM U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceView further author information
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Alain GiamiGender, Sexual and Reproductive Health Team, INSERM U 1018, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, FranceView further author information
Pages 667-671 | Received 14 Aug 2014, Accepted 03 Sep 2014, Published online: 13 Jan 2015

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