Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 161-169 , February 2008

Correlates of HIV-Related Risk Behaviors in African American Adolescents from Substance-Using Families: Patterns of Adolescent-Level Factors Associated with Sexual Experience and Substance Use

  • Holly H. Fisher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Holly H. Fisher, Ph.D., Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E-37, Atlanta, GA 30333.
    • ,
  • Agatha N. Eke, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Jessica D. Cance, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • RTI International, Health, Social and Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Stephanie R. Hawkins, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RTI International, Health, Social and Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
    • ,
  • Wendy K.K. Lam, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • RTI International, Health, Social and Economics Research, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Received 30 October 2006 ,Accepted 31 July 2007.

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PII: S1054-139X(07)00334-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.006

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 42, Issue 2 , Pages 161-169 , February 2008

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