Patterns of sexual behaviour among secondary school students in Swaziland, southern Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-367

  Buseh, Aaron G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT; SWAZILAND; URBAN AREA;

EID: 3242760799     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050410001668711     Document Type: Article

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