Exploring the mediating mechanism between gender-based violence and biologically confirmed chlamydia among detained adolescent girls

Violence Against Women

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-275

  Salazar, Laura F ^a   Crosby, Richard A ^b   Diclemente, Ralph J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Dating violence; Detained youth; Female adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949103044     PISSN: 10778012     EISSN: 15528448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077801208330100     Document Type: Article

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