Attitudes towards sex in a representative sample of adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 118-123

  Rissel, Chris E ^a   Richters, Juliet ^b   Grulich, Andrew E ^c   De Visser, Richard O ^d   Smith, Anthony M A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; TELEPHONE; WELLBEING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0038523955     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00798.x     Document Type: Article

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