Nature of communication: Voices of 1114 year old African-American girls and their mothers in regard to talking about sex

Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-89

  Aronowitz, Teri ^a   Agbeshie, Ethel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Early adolescence; Health disparities; Mother daughter dyads; Sexual communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860484122     PISSN: 01460862     EISSN: 1521043X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01460862.2012.678260     Document Type: Article

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