Music videos and sexual risk in african american adolescent girls: Gender, power and the need for media literacy

American Journal of Health Education

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-103

  Robillard, Alyssa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84861219435     PISSN: 19325037     EISSN: 21683751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19325037.2012.10599224     Document Type: Article

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