Adolescent women's sports involvement and sexual behavior/health: A process-level investigation

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-455

  Lehman, Stephanie Jacobs ^a   Koerner, Susan Silverberg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Assoc Prof Div Fam Studs H

Author keywords

adolescent women; sexual behavior health; sports involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444281754     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOYO.0000037636.22596.41     Document Type: Article

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