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Megan R Hicks1, Poco Kernsmith1, Joanne Smith-Darden1

  • 1Wayne State University, School of Social Work, Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI, 48202, United States.

Journal of Adolescence
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Keywords:
AdolescenceSexSextingSexual risk behaviorYouth

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