After the promise: The STD consequences of adolescent virginity pledges

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 271-278

  Brückner, Hannah ^a   Bearman, Peter ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual behavior; STD acquisition; STD risk factors; STD testing; Virginity pledge

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 15044358175     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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