Pupil-led sex education in England (RIPPLE study): Cluster-randomised intervention trial

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9431, 2004, Pages 338-346

  Stephenson, J M ^a,e   Strange, V ^b   Forrest, S ^a   Oakley, Prof A ^b   Copas, A ^a   Allen, E ^a   Babiker, A ^c   Black, S ^a   Ali, M ^d   Monteiro, H ^a   Johnson, Prof A M ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFE SEX; SCHOOL; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3242809817     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16722-6     Document Type: Article

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