Where do Chinese adolescents obtain knowledge of sex? Implications for sex education in China

Health Education

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 351-363

  Zhang, Liying ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Shah, Iqbal H ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; China; Sex education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250314983     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280710759269     Document Type: Article

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