Adolescents’ thinking about the risks of sexual behaviors

Thinking with Data

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 421-439

  de Bruin, Wändi Bruine ^a   Downs, Julie S ^a   Fischhoff, Baruch ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84920403612     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203810057     Document Type: Chapter

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