Sexual identity, partner gender, and sexual health among adolescent girls in the united states

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1957-1963

  Riskind, Rachel G ^a,b   Tornello, Samantha L ^a   Younger, Brendan C ^c   Patterson, Charlotte J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GUILFORD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84907213598     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302037     Document Type: Article

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