Sexually transmitted infection among adolescents receiving special education services

Journal of School Health

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 382-388

  Mandell, David S ^a,b   Eleey, Catharine C ^a   Cederbaum, Julie A ^c   Noll, Elizabeth ^a   Katherine Hutchinson, M ^d   Jemmott, Loretta S ^d   Blank, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Children with disabilities; Human sexuality; Reproductive health; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GIFTED CHILD; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD, GIFTED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 45749084102     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00318.x     Document Type: Article

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