Everybody's not doing it: Misperceptions of college students' sexual activity

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 387-394

  Page, Randy M ^a   Hammermeister, Jon J ^b   Scanlan, Andria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ctr for Comm Child Health Research   (Canada)

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EID: 0034376029     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.24.5.7     Document Type: Article

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