After the promise: the STD consequences of adolescent virginity pledges.

@article{Brckner2005AfterTP,
  title={After the promise: the STD consequences of adolescent virginity pledges.},
  author={Hannah Br{\"u}ckner and Peter Shawn Bearman},
  journal={The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine},
  year={2005},
  volume={36 4},
  pages={
          271-8
        }
}
  • H. Brückner, P. Bearman
  • Published 1 April 2005
  • Medicine
  • The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
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Analysis of US case reports of gonorrhoea and chlamydial infection for 2001–2005 against state policies for abstinence coverage in sexuality education found having no abstinence education policy has no apparent effect on STD rates for adolescents.
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