Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 179-185 , March 2006

What you don’t know can hurt you: Perceptions of sex-partner concurrency and partner-reported behavior

  • Chavonne D. Lenoir, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Chavonne D. Lenoir, M.P.H., Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room E4527, Baltimore, MD 21224.
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  • Nancy E. Adler, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Dina L.G. Borzekowski, Ed.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Population and Family Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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  • Jeanne M. Tschann, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California
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  • Jonathan M. Ellen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 15 October 2004 ,Accepted 13 January 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00054-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.012

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 179-185 , March 2006

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