The Internet as a source of information about sexuality

Sex Education

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-598

  Daneback, Kristian ^a   Månsson, Sven Axel ^b   Ross, Michael W ^c   Markham, Christine M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; sex education; sexuality; survey; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865250084     PISSN: 14681811     EISSN: 14720825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2011.627739     Document Type: Article

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