The Internet as a source of reproductive health information among adolescent girls in an urban city in Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nwagwu, Williams E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRIEND; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; PARENT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TEACHER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SCHOOL; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STANDARD; TEACHING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; NIGERIA; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; SCHOOLS; SEX EDUCATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 39049106496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-354     Document Type: Article

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