Ethics and law
Female genital mutilation or cutting: an updated medico-legal analysis
Ben Mathews,
Elizabeth Dallaston,
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Ben Mathews
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth Dallaston
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
Search for more papers by this authorBen Mathews,
Elizabeth Dallaston,
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Ben Mathews
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Correspondence
Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth Dallaston
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
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