Teenage sexual health needs: Asking the consumers

Health Education

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-328

  Lester, Carolyn ^a   Allan, Alexandra ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumers; Health services; Sex education; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745500435     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280610673490     Document Type: Article

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