Adolescent health in an international context: The challenge of sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 874-886

  Fatusi, Adesegun ^a   Blum, Robert W ^b  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE CIRCUMCISION; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICINE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SMOKING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SMOKING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77955866105     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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