Using evaluation to improve the sexual health of young people

Promoting Young People's Sexual Health: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-173

  Collumbien, Martine ^a   Douthwaite, Megan ^a   Jana, Laboni ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Child In Need Institute (CINI)   (India)

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EID: 84864022405     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203966303     Document Type: Chapter

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