Individual growth curves of frequency of sexual intercourse among urban, adolescent, African American youth: Results from the CHAMP basic study

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 59-80

  DeLucia, Christian ^a   Paikoff, Roberta L ^a   Holmbeck, Grayson N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories of sexual intercourse; Exposure to sexual possibility situations; Growth curves of sexual intercourse; HIV AIDS exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249695421     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v05n01_03     Document Type: Article

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