Implications of racial and gender differences in patterns of adolescent risk behavior for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 239-247

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Hallfors, Denise ^b   Bauer, Daniel J ^c   Iritani, Bonita ^b   Waller, Martha W ^a   Cho, Hyunsan ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADDICTION; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19644370916     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 15386341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3623904     Document Type: Article

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