Pathways of Influence on Fifth and Eighth Graders' Reports about Having Had Sexual Intercourse

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 193-204

  Porter, Cornelia P ^a   Oakley, Deborah ^a   Ronis, David L ^a   Neal, R William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COITUS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COITUS; DATA COLLECTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

EID: 0030162342     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-240X(199606)19:3<193::AID-NUR3>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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