Predicting teenage girls' sexual activity and contraception use: An application of matching law

Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-596

  Bulow, Pamela J ^b   Meller, Paul J ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032210469     PISSN: 00904392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199811)26:6<581::AID-JCOP5>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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