The Association of Socioemotional Problems With Early Sexual Initiation

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-101

  McLeod, Jane D ^a   Knight, Syndee ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIAL PROBLEM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COITUS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954439598     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4209310     Document Type: Article

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