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Evaluation of young people’s knowledge and attitudes about the Premarital Screening Program in Turkey

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Nurcan Akbas Gunes
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  1. Department of Family Medicine, Inhisar County State Hospital, Bilecik, Turkey
  2. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Bolu, Turkey
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2025; 27(1): 50–56
Online publish date: 2025/03/26
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