Sexual risk-taking in college students and functional families of origin

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-202

  Fleuridas, Colette ^a,b   Creevy, Kristin ^c   Vela, Eddie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030769261     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0089800     Document Type: Article

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