Early sexual debut among young men in rural South Africa: Heightened vulnerability to sexual risk?

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-261

  Harrison, Abigail ^a,b   Cleland, J ^c   Gouws, E ^d   Frohlich, J ^e  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of KwaZulu/Natal ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COITUS; CONDOMS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 20644432864     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2004.011486     Document Type: Article

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