Gender factors associated with sexual abstinent behaviour of rural South African high school going youth in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Published in Health Educ Res on August 18, 2008

Authors

Siyabonga Dlamini1, Myra Taylor, Nosipho Mkhize, Rosemarie Huver, Reshma Sathiparsad, Hein de Vries, Kala Naidoo, Champak Jinabhai

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal. dlaminis24@ukzn.ac.za

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