Adolescents of the U.S. national longitudinal lesbian family study: Sexual orientation, sexual behavior, and sexual risk exposure

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1199-1209

  Gartrell, Nanette K ^a,b,c   Bos, Henny M W ^b   Goldberg, Naomi G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Lesbian families; Same sex parents; Sexual behavior; Sexual orientation; Victimization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MOTHER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82355171464     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-010-9692-2     Document Type: Article

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