Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 420-427 , May 2005

Mass media as a sexual super peer for early maturing girls

  • Jane D. Brown, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jane D. Brown, School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB 3365, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3365.
    • ,
  • Carolyn Tucker Halpern, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Kelly Ladin L’Engle, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Received 21 August 2003 ,Accepted 23 June 2004.

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PII: S1054-139X(04)00265-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.06.003

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 36, Issue 5 , Pages 420-427 , May 2005

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