Support for instruction about homosexuality in South Carolina public schools

Journal of School Health

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-22

  Lindley, Lisa L ^a   Reininger, Belinda M ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0035234321     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2001.tb06483.x     Document Type: Article

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