Sexual sensation seeking and risky sexual behavior among South African university students

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 475-484

  Mashegoane, Solomon ^a   Moalusi, Kgope P ^a   Ngoepe, Madikana A ^a   Peltzer, Karl ^a  

^a Health Behavior Research Unit   (South Africa)

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EID: 0036035159     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2002.30.5.475     Document Type: Article

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