The sexual activity of 654 fourth form Hawkes Bay students

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1121, 2000, Pages 460-464

  Fenwicke, Rosy ^a   Purdie, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034634530     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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