Interventions addressing the social determinants of teenage pregnancy

Health Education

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Fletcher, Adam ^a   Harden, Angela ^b   Brunton, Ginny ^b   Oakley, Ann ^b   Bonell, Chris ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age groups; Behaviour; Pregnancy; Schools; Social structure; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549011001     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280810842111     Document Type: Article

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