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

Knowledge and Misconception of Young Women toward Sexual Transmitted Infection and Condom Use in Northern Ethiopia: Cross Sectional Study

Girmatsion Fisseha
  • Girmatsion Fisseha
  • College of Health Science, School of public health, Mekelle University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 06 September 2014
  •  Accepted: 23 February 2015
  •  Published: 30 April 2015

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