The Content and Accessibility of Sex Education Information on the Internet

Health Education & Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 684-694

  Smith, Meghan ^a   Gertz, Emily ^a   Alvarez, Sarah ^a   Lurie, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CURRICULUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; MALE; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STANDARD; TEACHING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPUTER LITERACY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CONDOMS; CURRICULUM; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034575901     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019810002700603     Document Type: Article

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