Perceptions and practices regarding menstruation in adolescent girls in Yazd
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Perceptions and practices regarding menstruation in adolescent girls in Yazd
Objective: Puberty is the most prominent stage of life. The purpose of this study was to evaluate effects of puberty health education on promoting of its awareness in girls. Methods: In an interventional quasi-experimental study (pre and post test), awareness, attitude and practice of 500 high school first grade student girls evaluated before and after health education in Yazd in 20042005 . Res...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1999-8546,1999-9623
DOI: 10.3126/njog.v3i2.10830