Health discourse, sexual slang and ideological contradictions among Mozambican youth: Implications for method

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 655-668

  Groes Green, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Mozambique; Reliability; Sexuality; Slang; Validity; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOZAMBIQUE; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NARRATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949085406     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903040188     Document Type: Article

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