Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 79-83 , July 2002

Coital status and perceptions about sexual abstinence refusal skills

  • Stephen Nagy, Ph.D.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Stephen Nagy, Ph.D., The University of Alabama, P.O. Box 870311, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. 35487 USA
    • The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (S.N., M.C.N.)
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  • Graham F.D Watts, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, USA (G.F.D.W.)
    • ,
  • M Christine Nagy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA (S.N., M.C.N.)

,Accepted 12 November 2001.

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Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 31, Issue 1 , Pages 79-83 , July 2002

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