Sexual behaviour and early coitarche in a national sample of 17 year old Swedish girls

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-102

  Edgardh, Karin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexuality; Coitarche; Sex; Sexual abuse; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUCED ABORTION; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034103184     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.2.98     Document Type: Article

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