Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 146-155 , March 2010

African-American Adolescent Girls' Initiation of Sexual Activity: Survival Analysis

  • Barbara L. Dancy, MS, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Barbara L. Dancy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen, Office 1060, M/C 802, Chicago, IL 60612; Phone: 312-996-9168; fax: 312-996-9049.
    • ,
  • Kathleen S. Crittenden, MA, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Hongyan Ning, MS

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Received 6 January 2009 ,Revised 8 November 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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 The project described was supported by Grant Number RO1 MH63638 from the National Institutes of Mental Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Mental Health.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.11.015

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 146-155 , March 2010

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