The relationship between barriers to birth control use and actual birth control use among Mexican-American adolescents

Adolescence

Volumn 35, Issue 140, 2000, Pages 694-707

  Pesa, Jacqueline A ^b   Mathews, Jeff ^a  

^a Youth Tobacco Initiative   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034573687     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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