Biomedical technologies for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections and HIV for adolescent girls and young women.
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چکیده
Department of Reproductive Health and Research and UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland; Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37203 USA; University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine and British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC, V6H 3N1, Canada
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
دوره 110 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016