Declining Rates in Male Circumcision amidst Increasing Evidence of its Public Health Benefit

Zohar Mor; Charlotte K. Kent; Robert P. Kohn; Jeffrey D. Klausner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000861

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Declining Rates in Male Circumcision amidst Increasing Evidence of its Public Health Benefit

Zohar Mor ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jeff.Klausner@sfdph.org (JK); zmor@sph.emory.edu (ZM)

Affiliation Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Charlotte K. Kent,

Affiliation Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, California, United States of America
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Robert P. Kohn,

Affiliation Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, California, United States of America
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Jeffrey D. Klausner

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jeff.Klausner@sfdph.org (JK); zmor@sph.emory.edu (ZM)

Affiliation Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, California, United States of America
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Declining Rates in Male Circumcision amidst Increasing Evidence of its Public Health Benefit

Zohar Mor,
Charlotte K. Kent,
Robert P. Kohn,
Jeffrey D. Klausner

Published: September 12, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000861

About the Authors

Zohar Mor

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jeff.Klausner@sfdph.org (JK); zmor@sph.emory.edu (ZM)

Affiliation Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charlotte K. Kent

Affiliation Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, California, United States of America

Robert P. Kohn

Affiliation Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, California, United States of America

Jeffrey D. Klausner

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jeff.Klausner@sfdph.org (JK); zmor@sph.emory.edu (ZM)

Affiliation Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Section, San Francisco Department of Public Health, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK. Performed the experiments: JK. Analyzed the data: CK ZM RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK JK RK. Wrote the paper: ZM.

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