Youth-parent communication and youth sexual behavior: Implications for physicians

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 500-504

  Aspy, Cheryl B ^a   Vesely, Sara K ^b   Oman, Roy F ^b   Rodine, Sharon ^c   Marshall, LaDonna ^c   Fluhr, Janene ^b   McLeroy, Ken ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JUVENILE; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33747884860     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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