Structural factors influencing menstruating school girls' health and well-being in Tanzania

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Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-345

  Sommer, Marni ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; education; health; menstruation; structural; sub Saharan Africa

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EID: 84876101777     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057925.2012.693280     Document Type: Article

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