Health instruction in Nigerian schools: what are the missing links?

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Published in Pan Afr Med J on December 09, 2014

Authors

Oladele Simeon Olatunya1, Saheed Babajide Oseni2, Oyeku Akibu Oyelami2, Caleb Adegbenro3, Nwadiuto Akani4

Author Affiliations

1: Paediatrics Department, Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti, Nigeria.
2: Paediatrics Department, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
3: Community Health Department, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
4: Paediatrics Department, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

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