Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 120-129 , May 2003

Sex, Studies or Strife? What to Integrate in Adolescent Health Services

  • Gracy Andrew

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychologist, Sangath Society for Child Development and Family Guidance Goa, India
    • ,
  • Vikram Patel

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychologist, Sangath Society for Child Development and Family Guidance Goa, India
    • Senior Lecturer, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, and Chairman, Sangath Society, India
    • ,
  • Jayashree Ramakrishna

      Affiliations

    • Additional Professor, National Institute for Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India

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doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(03)02167-0

Reproductive Health Matters
Volume 11, Issue 21 , Pages 120-129 , May 2003

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