The impact of cultural context on Brazilian adolescents' sexual practices

Adolescence

Volumn 39, Issue 154, 2004, Pages 203-225

  Levinson, Ruth Andrea ^b   Sadigursky, Clesia ^a   Erchak, Gerald M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; CONDOM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; BRAZIL; CONDOMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 10244263563     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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