'We do not use the word "crisis" lightly...': Sexual health policy in the United Kingdom

Policy Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-252

  Evans, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749184789     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442870600950679     Document Type: Review

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