Gender-role attitudes and reproductive health communication among female adolescents in South Nyanza, Kenya

Etude de la Population Africaine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-54

  Obare, Francis ^a   Agwanda, Alfred ^b   Magadi, Monica ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750542149     PISSN: 08505780     EISSN: 08505780     Source Type: Journal    
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