Primary and secondary sexual abstinence in high school students

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-215

  Loewenson, Peter R ^a,b   Ireland, Marjorie ^a   Resnick, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITALS AND CLINICS OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Gender differences; Sexual abstinence; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; POPULATION SIZE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT;

EID: 1242284128     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(03)00269-6     Document Type: Article

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