Young Cypriots on sex education: Sources and adequacy of information received on sexuality issues

Sex Education

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Lesta, Stalo ^a   Lazarus, Jeffrey V ^b   Essén, Birgitta ^c  

^a Noverna Consulting and Research Ltd   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 42449126690     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681810801981381     Document Type: Article

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