Ambivalence only? Sex education in the age of abstinence

Sex Education

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-237

  Gilbert, Jen ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954631565     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2010.491631     Document Type: Article

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