Research Syntheses Related to Childhood and Adolescent Sexuality: A Critical Review

Handbook of Child and Adolescent Sexuality

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 41-95

  Huedo Medina, Tania B ^a   Ballester, Estrellita ^a   Johnson, Blair T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-387759-8.00003-9     Document Type: Chapter

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