Reproductive health awareness among adolescent girls in rural Bangladesh

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-128

  Uddin, Md Jashim ^a   Choudhury, Abdul Mannan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adolescent girls; Awareness; Bangladesh; HIV AIDS; Reproductive health; STDs

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 41149083476     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539507311328     Document Type: Article

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