Accessing Adolescents: A School-Recruited, Home-Based Approach to Conducting Media and Health Research

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 144-158

  L'Engle, Kelly Ladin ^a,b   Pardun, Carol J ^a   Brown, Jane D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adolescents; Mass media; Recruitment; Sex behavior; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442618221     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431603262668     Document Type: Review

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