The gamesmanship of sex: A model based on African American adolescent accounts

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 467-489

  Eyre, Stephen L ^a,c   Hoffman, Valerie ^b   Millstein, Susan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; African American; Game theory; Health promotion; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032239642     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1998.12.4.467     Document Type: Article

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