Journal of
Public Health and Epidemiology

  • Abbreviation: J. Public Health Epidemiol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2316
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPHE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 655

Full Length Research Paper

Magnitude of risky sexual behavior among high school adolescents in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Deresse Daka*
  • Deresse Daka*
  • College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
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Debebe Shaweno
  • Debebe Shaweno
  • College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Hawassa University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 02 April 2014
  •  Accepted: 02 June 2014
  •  Published: 31 July 2014

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