The association of sexual experience with attitudes, beliefs, and risk behaviors of inner-city adolescents

Journal of Research on Adolescence

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-45

  Silver, Ellen Johnson ^a   Bauman, Laurie J ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 33645164977     PISSN: 10508392     EISSN: 15327795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2006.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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