Religiousness and sexual responsibility in adolescent girls

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 401-406

  Miller, Lisa ^a   Gur, Merav ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Religion; Sexual risk taking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; RELIGION AND SEX; RISK; SAFE SEX;

EID: 0036876085     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(02)00403-2     Document Type: Article

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