Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , March 2006

Two steps forward and one step back? Australian secondary students’ sexual health knowledge and behaviors 1992–2002

Received 8 October 2004 ,Accepted 6 April 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00227-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.04.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 247-252 , March 2006