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Female university students’ menstrual-hygiene management and factors associated with genitourinary-tract infections in Korea

Kyung Mi KimDepartment of Nursing Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea (the Republic of)
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Jeong Sil ChoiCollege of Nursing, Gachon University, Incheon, Korea (the Republic of)Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 559-569 | Received 09 Jan 2019, Accepted 08 Oct 2019, Published online: 20 Oct 2019

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