Pregnancy risk among black, white, and Hispanic teen girls in New York City public schools

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-439

  Waddell, Elizabeth Needham ^a   Orr, Mark G ^b   Sackoff, Judith ^a   Santelli, John S ^b  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contraception; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954660463     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9454-4     Document Type: Article

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