Gender and racial/ethnic differences in predicting adolescent sexual risk: Athletic participation versus exercise

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 436-450

  Miller, Kathleen E ^a   Barnes, Grace M ^c   Melnick, Merrill J ^c   Sabo, Donald F ^b   Farrell, Michael P ^c  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

^b D'YOUVILLE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036977215     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3090236     Document Type: Article

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