Sexual decision making by inner city black adolescent males: A focus group study

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-371

  Gilmore, Sonia ^a   DeLamater, John ^a,c   Wagstaff, David ^b  

^a St Luke's Sinai Samaritan Med C   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

EID: 0030463157     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499609551854     Document Type: Article

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