"Innovations" on hold: Sex education in the Greek primary schools

Health Education

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-65

  Gerouki, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Educational innovation; Greece; Health education; Primary schools; Sex education

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649193268     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280910923372     Document Type: Article

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