Educating adolescent about puberty: What are we missing?

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-83

  Omar, Hatim ^a   McElderry, Darby ^a   Zakharia, Rana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Adolescent sexuality; Puberty; Sex education; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; RAPE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038161121     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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