American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 317-323 , April 2009

Exposure to Sexual Lyrics and Sexual Experience Among Urban Adolescents

  • Brian A. Primack, MD, EdM, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Medicine, the Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Brian A. Primack, MD, EdM, MS, Center for Research on Health Care, 230 McKee Place Suite 600, Pittsburgh PA 15213
    • ,
  • Erika L. Douglas, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Medicine, the Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Michael J. Fine, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • Department of Medicine, the Center for Research on Health Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Madeline A. Dalton, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
    • Community Health Research Program, Hood Center for Children and Families, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire

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PII: S0749-3797(08)01011-8

doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2008.11.011

American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Volume 36, Issue 4 , Pages 317-323 , April 2009

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