Sexual initiation in early adolescene: The Nexus of parental and community control

American Sociological Review

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 758-778

  Browning, Christopher R ^a   Leventhal, Tama ^b   Brooks Gun, Jeanne ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 30444459836     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240507000502     Document Type: Article

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