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“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in Tanzania

Marya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo and Hally Mahler
Global Health: Science and Practice March 2013, 1(1):108-116; https://doi.org/10.9745/GHSP-D-12-00037
Marya Plotkin
aJhpiego Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Delivette Castor
bU.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA
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Hawa Mziray
aJhpiego Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Jan Küver
cDepartment of Cultural Anthropology and Tourism, Tumaini University, Iringa, Tanzania
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Ezekiel Mpuya
dRegional Medical Office, Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Iringa, Tanzania
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Paul James Luvanda
cDepartment of Cultural Anthropology and Tourism, Tumaini University, Iringa, Tanzania
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Augustino Hellar
aJhpiego Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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Kelly Curran
eJhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
fJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Mainza Lukobo-Durell
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Tigistu Adamu Ashengo
eJhpiego, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Hally Mahler
aJhpiego Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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“Man, what took you so long?” Social and individual factors affecting adult attendance at voluntary medical male circumcision services in Tanzania
Marya Plotkin, Delivette Castor, Hawa Mziray, Jan Küver, Ezekiel Mpuya, Paul James Luvanda, Augustino Hellar, Kelly Curran, Mainza Lukobo-Durell, Tigistu Adamu Ashengo, Hally Mahler
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