Sexual activity and contraceptive practices among teenagers in the United States, 1988 and 1995

Vital and Health Statistics, Series 23: Data from the National Survey of Family Growth

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2002, Pages

  Abma, Joyce C ^a   Sonenstein, Freya L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent contraceptive use; Adolescent sexual activity; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872364061     PISSN: 02785234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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