‘They haven't a clue!’ A qualitative study of staff perceptions of 11–14 year-old female clinic attenders

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 199-207

  Mason, Linda ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; risk taking; sexual health; young girls

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955557854     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423605pc242oa     Document Type: Article

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