Developing and testing a sex education program for the female clients of health centers in Iran

Sex Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 333-349

  Shirpak, Khosro Refaie ^a   Ardebili, Hassan Eftekhar ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^b   Chinichian, Maryam ^a   Ramenzankhani, Ali ^c   Fotouhi, Akbar ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

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EID: 35548981716     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681810701636044     Document Type: Article

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