Cross-national study of risky sexual behavior among gang-involved youth in metropolitan Boston and San Salvador, El Salvador

Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 309-313

  Biswas, Bipasha ^a   Olate, René ^b   Vaughn, Michael G ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggression; cross national study; delinquency; gang involved youth; pregnancy; risky sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861113360     PISSN: 17450128     EISSN: 17450136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2011.626469     Document Type: Article

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