Urban high school students' learning about HIV/AIDS in different contexts

Science Education

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-120

  Brotman, Jennie S ^a   Mensah, Felicia Moore ^a   Lesko, Nancy ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 78650064593     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: 1098237X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sce.20405     Document Type: Article

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