Adolescent Pregnancy, Tattooing, and Risk Taking

MCN The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 258-261

  Armstrong, Myrna L ^a   Masten, Yondell ^a   Martin, Rhonda ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Pregnancy; Risk; Tattooing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TATTOOING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; TATTOOING;

EID: 0034265822     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200009000-00008     Document Type: Article

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