A global perspective of adolescent sexual and reproductive health: Context matters

Adolescent Medicine: State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1005-1025

  Secor Turner, Molly ^a   Kugler, Kari ^b   Bearinger, Linda H ^c   Sieving, Renee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Kaplan Higher Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77955890940     PISSN: 19344287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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