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Relationship between Female University Students' Knowledge on Menstruation and Their Menstrual Hygiene Practices: A Study in Tamale, Ghana

Positive perception about menstruation and good menstrual hygiene practice safeguards the health of postpubescent females by reducing their vulnerability to reproductive and urinary tract infections. Using a questionnaire, a cross-sectional study involving 293 randomly selected female undergraduate...

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Autores principales:	Ameade, Evans Paul Kwame, Garti, Helene Akpene
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4976185/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525125 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1056235

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