Youth assets and delayed coitarche across developmental age groups

Journal of Early Adolescence

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 277-304

  Aspy, Cheryl B ^a   Vesely, Sara K ^a,b   Tolma, Eleni L ^a,b   Oman, Roy F ^a,b   Rodine, Sharon ^c   Marshall, LaDonna ^c   Fluhr, Janene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Coitarche; Youth assets; Youth sexual activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749295080     PISSN: 02724316     EISSN: 15525449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272431609333297     Document Type: Article

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