Satisfaction with school-based sexual health education in a sample of university students recently graduated from Ontario high schools

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 107-125

  Meaney, Glenn J ^a   Rye, B J ^b   Wood, Eileen ^a   Solovieva, Ekaterina ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JEROME S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; STUDENT SATISFACTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 70350139960     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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