Reproductive attitudes and behavior among Latina adolescents

Social Work with Multicultural Youth

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 221-250

  Jimenez, Jillian ^a   Potts, Marilyn K ^a   Jimenez, Daniel R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Contraception; Latina; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917145669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203050019     Document Type: Chapter

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