Urology
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 18-20 , July 2010

A Cut Above: Circumcision as an Ancient Status Symbol

Presented in part at the Annual Meeting of the Medical History Society of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, May 21, 2008.

Received 22 October 2009 ,Accepted 23 January 2010.

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00169-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.01.056

Urology
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 18-20 , July 2010

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