Age of sexual debut related to life-style and reproductive health factors in a group of Swedish teenage girls

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 484-489

  Andersson Ellström, Agneta ^a   Forssman, Lars ^b   Milsom, Ian ^b  

^a VC Gripen   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescence; Contraception; Life style; Reproductive health; Sexual behavior; Sexual debut

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; UTERINE CERVIX DISEASE;

EID: 0029955371     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016349609033359     Document Type: Article

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