Effectiveness of abstinence-only intervention in middle school teens

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 423-434

  Borawski, Elaine A ^a,c   Trapl, Erika S ^a   Lovegreen, Loren D ^a   Colabianchi, Natalie ^a   Block, Tonya ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga County Board of Health   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Adolescent; Interventions; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844489104     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.29.5.5     Document Type: Article

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