Young people assess their risk of sexually transmissible diseases

Psychology and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-355

  Moore, S M ^a   Rosenthal, D A ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Risk; STD; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000898497     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608400263     Document Type: Article

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