'Planned' teenage pregnancy: Perspectives of young women from disadvantaged backgrounds in England

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 593-614

  Coleman, Lester ^a   Cater, Suzanne ^b  

^a Trust for the Study of Adolescence   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 33751105513     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260600805721     Document Type: Review

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