Predicting sexual initiation in a prospective cohort study of adolescents

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Gray, Susan H ^a,e   Austin, S Bryn ^b,c   Huang, Bin ^d   Frazier, A Lindsay ^c   Field, Alison E ^b,c   Kahn, Jessica A ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COITUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38149089417     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2007.12     Document Type: Article

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