Age at first coitus: A marker for risky sexual behavior in women

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 331-334

  Greenberg, Judith ^a,b   Magder, Laurence ^a,b   Aral, Sevgi ^a,b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0026677745     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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