American Indian female adolescents’ sexual behavior: A test of the life-course experience theory

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-95

  Murry, Velma McBride ^a   Ponzetti, James J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84937262788     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X970261004     Document Type: Article

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