"You can exercise your way out of HIV" and other stories: The role of biological knowledge in adolescents' evaluation of myths

Science Education

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 548-573

  Keselman, Alla ^a   Kaufman, David R ^a   Patel, Vimla L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 4043139483     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.10135     Document Type: Article

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