Values and Virtue: The Politics of Abstinence-Only Sex Education

American Review of Public Administration

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 436-454

  Arsneault, Shelly ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345981388     PISSN: 02750740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/02750740122065036     Document Type: Article

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