Menstrual health management: Knowledge and practices among adolescent girls
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Menstrual Hygiene and Practices of Rural Adolescent Girls of Raichur
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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0189-5117
DOI: 10.4103/tjog.tjog_93_18