Sexual health among male college students in the United States and the Netherlands

American Journal of Health Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 172-182

  Dodge, Brian ^a   Sandfort, Theo G M ^a,b   Yarber, William L ^c   De Wit, John ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Clinical Sociomedical Sciences   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Men's health; Netherlands; Sexual health; Sexuality education; United states

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14844331744     PISSN: 10873244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5993/AJHB.29.2.8     Document Type: Review

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