Risky sexual behaviors among female youth in Tiss Abay, a semi-urban area of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

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Published in PLoS One on March 04, 2015

Authors

Gojjam Tadesse1, Bereket Yakob2

Author Affiliations

1: Addis Continental Institute of Public Health, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
2: School of Nursing & Public Health, Howard College, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa; Health Economics and AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.

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