Social Network Centrality and Sexual Experience Among a Household Sample of Urban African American Adolescents
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Jonathan M. Ellen 2 Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Margaret M. Dolcini Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Natasha D. Bir Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Gary W. Harper Department of Psychology, DePaul University Susan Watson Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Thomas Valente School of Medicine, University of Southern California
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