Adolescent girls' assessment and management of sexual risks: Insights from focus group research

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1167-1193

  Bay Cheng, Laina Y ^a   Livingston, Jennifer A ^b   Fava, Nicole M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent girls; focus groups; sexual risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961181149     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10384475     Document Type: Article

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