Religiosity and premarital sex in adulthood

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 407-417

  Barken, Steven E ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

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EID: 33747151905     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2006.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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