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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.
|author-link=
|last2=Greenup
|first2=Robert
|author2-link=
|last3=Takafuji
|first3=Ernest
|author3-link=
|etal=no
|title=Circumcision as a risk factor for urethritis in racial groups
|trans-title=
|language=
|journal=Am J Public Health
|location=
|date=1987
|volume=77
|issue=
|pages=452-4
|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1646941/pdf/amjph00255-0050.pdf
|archived=
|quote=
|pubmedID=3826463
|pubmedCID=1646941
|DOI=10.2105/ajph.77.4.452
|accessdate=2020-05-24
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