Neighborhood context and racial differences in early adolescent sexual activity

Demography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 697-720

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Leventhal, Tama ^b   Brooks Gunn, Jeanne ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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EID: 11944267389     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2004.0029     Document Type: Article

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