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Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Schoolgirls in Mansoura, Egypt

Abdel-Hady El-GilanyProfessor of Public Health, Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, [email protected]
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Karima BadawiPublic Health Specialist, Student's Hospital, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt
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Sanaa El-FedawyPublic Health Specialist, Student's Hospital, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Egypt
Pages 147-152 | Published online: 12 Nov 2005

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