Female education, adolescent sexuality and the risk of sexually transmitted infection in Ariaal Rendille culture

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-47

  Roth, Eric A ^a   Fratkin, Elliot M ^b   Ngugi, Elizabeth N ^c   Glickman, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Smith College   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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EID: 13444256088     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910501750035662     Document Type: Article

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