Testosterone predicts initiation of coitus in adolescent females

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-171

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a,b   Udry, J Richard ^a   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; church attendance; longitudinal; puberty; sexual activity; testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030970830     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199703000-00008     Document Type: Article

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