Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 119.e9-119.e15 , July 2006

Knowledge About Condoms Among Low-income Pregnant Latina Adolescents in Relation to Explicit Maternal Discussion of Contraceptives

  • Erum Nadeem, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Health Services Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Erum Nadeem, UCLA Health Services Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 10920 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024-6505.
    • ,
  • Laura F. Romo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Education, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
    • ,
  • Marian Sigman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

Received 11 May 2005 ,Accepted 26 September 2005.

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PII: S1054-139X(05)00450-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.09.012

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 119.e9-119.e15 , July 2006

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