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

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 985-991

  Edgardh, Karin ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescent sexual behaviour; Risk taking behaviour; School non attenders; Sexually transmitted infections; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; STUDENT; SWEDEN; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0036396438     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352502760272704     Document Type: Article

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