Sex on television and its impact on American youth: Background and results from the RAND television and adolescent sexuality study

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-385

  Collins, Rebecca L ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS MEDIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECREATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIALIZATION; TELEVISION;

EID: 20344369572     PISSN: 10564993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2005.02.005     Document Type: Review

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