Approaches to adolescent sexuality education

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 558-570

  Ott, Mary A ^a   Santelli, John S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449099598     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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