The changing nature of adolescence in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-111

  Mensch, Barbara S ^a   Bagah, Daniel ^b   Clark, Wesley H ^a   Binka, Fred ^c  

^a Population Council

^b NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL AREA;

GHANA; KASSENA-NANKANA;

EID: 0032879862     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.1999.00095.x     Document Type: Article

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