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===Health effects=== | ===Health effects=== | ||
The [[foreskin]] provides both [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| physical protection and protection from infection]], so [[foreskinned]] boys and men tend to have better health than [[circumcised]] boys. | The [[foreskin]] provides both [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin| physical protection and protection from infection]], so [[foreskinned]] boys and men tend to have better health than [[circumcised]] boys.<ref name="vanhowe2006">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Van Howe | |||
|init=RS | |||
|author-link= | |||
|title=Incidence of meatal stenosis following neonatal circumcision in a primary care setting | |||
|journal=Clin Pediatr (Phila) | |||
|volume=45 | |||
|issue=1 | |||
|pages=49-54 | |||
|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/000992280604500108?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed | |||
|quote= | |||
|pubmedID=16429216 | |||
|pubmedCID= | |||
|DOI=10.1177/000992280604500108 | |||
|date=2006-01 | |||
|accessdate=2026-02-03 | |||
|note=Jan-Feb 2006 | |||
}}</ref> | |||
=== Sexual effects === | === Sexual effects === | ||