Is there an association between female circumcision and perinatal death?

• Main Authors: Birgitta Essén (Author), Birgit Bödker (Author), N-O. Sjöberg (Author), Saemundur Gudmundsson (Author), P-O. Östergren (Author), Jens Langhoff-Roos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: In Sweden, a country with high standards of obstetric care, the high rate of perinatal mortality among children of immigrant women from the Horn of Africa raises the question of whether there is an association between female circumcision and perinatal death. METHOD: To investigate this, w...