The socio-cultural context of adolescents' notions of sex and sexuality in rural south-eastern Nigeria

Sexualities

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 600-617

  Izugbara, Chimaraoke Otutubikey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Nigeria; Sex; Sexuality; Socio cultural context

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144445227     PISSN: 13634607     EISSN: 14617382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363460705058396     Document Type: Article

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