Timing of pubertal maturation and heterosexual behavior among Hong Kong Chinese adolescents

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 359-366

  Lam, T H ^a,e   Shi, H J ^b   Ho, L M ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^c   Fan, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hong Kong Coll of Family Physicians   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Chinese; Pubertal maturation; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EJACULATION; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0036675088     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016228427210     Document Type: Article

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