Bush's war on sexual health and defensive strategies against it

International Journal of Sexual Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 25-34

  Barroso, Carmen ^a   Larosa, Zhenja ^b  

^a International Planned Parenthood/Western Hemisphere Region ^*  (United States)

^b IPPF/WHR ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Advocacy; Condoms; Prostitution; Public Policy; Reproductive health; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349078773     PISSN: 19317611     EISSN: 1931762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J514v19n03_03     Document Type: Article

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