Mother-adolescent health communication: Are all conversations created equally?

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1038-1047

  Boone, Tanya L ^a   Lefkowitz, Eva S ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Drug alcohol; Health; Parent adolescent interaction; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548975793     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-006-9138-2     Document Type: Article

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