Advice for sex advisors: A guide for 'agony aunts', relationship therapists and sex educators who want to work with the media

Sex Education

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-326

  Boynton, Petra M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547564142     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681810701448119     Document Type: Article

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