An ethnographic study of sexual risk among Latino adolescents in North Carolina

Hispanic Health Care International

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 160-169

  Larson, Kim L ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural norms; Ethnography; Latino adolescents; Sexual risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349217124     PISSN: 15404153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1540-4153.7.3.160     Document Type: Article

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