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Sex Education Content of Ninth Grade Health Education Textbooks: A Rhetorical Analysis

Robert F. Valois
,
Nancy L. Roth
,
Ellen Montgomery
&
Karthyn A. Waring
Pages 192-209 | Published online: 21 Jan 2015

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