Predictors of sexual behavior among out-of-school adolescents in Nigeria

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 233-246

  Akinwande, Oluyemisi ^a   Brieger, William R ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDOM; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NIGERIA; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 35348972898     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.26.3.c     Document Type: Article

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