Prevalence and belief in the continuation of female genital cutting among high school girls: A cross - Sectional study in Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tamire, Mulugeta ^a   Molla, Mitike ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHIOPIA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889002864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1120     Document Type: Article

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