International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 12 , Pages 1595-1603 , December 2009

Relationships among sexual knowledge, sexual attitudes, and safe sex behaviour among adolescents: A structural equation model

  • Jiunn-Horng Lou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine & Nursing and Management, Miaoli, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sheng-Hwang Chen

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Institute of Business Administration, MeiHo Institute of Technology, No. 23, Pingguang Rd., Neipu, Pingtung 91202, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 8 7799821x8515; fax: +886 8 7784172.

Received 20 February 2009 ,Revised 14 May 2009 ,Accepted 26 May 2009.

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PII: S0020-7489(09)00176-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.05.017

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 12 , Pages 1595-1603 , December 2009

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