Sexual activity and risk-taking in later life

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 72-78

  Merryn Gott, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Older people; Sexual activity; Sexual health promotion; Sexual risk taking

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035292232     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2001.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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