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Smith ''et al''. (1987) found evidence that the foreskin protected against acquisition of non-gonococcal urethritis, possibly "by effecting the physiologic milieu of the glans penis, by association with post-coital hygiene behavior, or by local immune defense mechanisms acting against the agent."<ref name="smith1987">{{REFjournal | |||
|last=Smith | |||
|first=Gregory L. | |||
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|last2=Greenup | |||
|first2=Robert | |||
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|last3=Takafuji | |||
|first3=Ernest | |||
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|title=Circumcision as a risk factor for urethritis in racial groups | |||
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|journal=Am J Public Health | |||
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|date=1987 | |||
|volume=77 | |||
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|pages=452-4 | |||
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646941/pdf/amjph00255-0050.pdf | |||
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|pubmedID=3826463 | |||
|pubmedCID=1646941 | |||
|DOI=10.2105/ajph.77.4.452 | |||
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