Body image and African American females' sexual health

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 433-439

  Wingood, Gina M ^a,b   DiClemente, Ralph J ^a,b,c   Harrington, Kathy ^d   Davies, Susan L ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY CENTER FOR AIDS RESEARCH   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036595586     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15246090260137608     Document Type: Article

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