Florida residents' preferred approach to sexuality education

American Journal of Sexuality Education

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 27-37

  Howard Barr, Elissa M ^a   Moore, Michele Johnson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence only; Adolescents; Public support; Responsible decision making; Sexual abstinence; Sexuality education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948860603     PISSN: 15546128     EISSN: 15546136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J455v02n03_03     Document Type: Article

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