Explaining Condom Use Disparity Among Black and Hispanic Female Adolescents

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 365-376

  Small, Eusebius ^a   Weinman, Maxine L ^b   Buzi, Ruth S ^c   Smith, Peggy B ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom use; Female adolescents; Parental communication; Partner attitude; Partner communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956265152     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-010-0207-8     Document Type: Article

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