Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 4 , Pages 283-288 , April 2008

Communication between parents and their children about sexual health

  • Sharron Ogle

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4SB Edinburgh, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0131 650 6591/6120; fax: +44 0131 650 6585.
    • ,
  • Anna Glasier

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4SB Edinburgh, UK
    • Family Planning and Well Women Services, NHS Lothian, EH4 1NL Edinburgh, UK
    • ,
  • Simon C. Riley

      Affiliations

    • Obstetrics and Gynaecology Section, Centre for Reproductive Biology, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, EH16 4SB Edinburgh, UK

Received 14 September 2007 ,Revised 19 December 2007 ,Accepted 19 December 2007.

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PII: S0010-7824(08)00003-6

doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2007.12.003

Contraception
Volume 77, Issue 4 , Pages 283-288 , April 2008

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