Timing of pubertal maturation and the onset of sexual behavior among Zimbabwe school boys

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 505-516

  Campbell, Benjamin C ^a   Prossinger, Hermann ^b   Mbzivo, Michael ^c  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Africa; Puberty; Sexual behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; EJACULATION; FANTASY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PENIS ERECTION; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASTURBATION; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TESTOSTERONE; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 26444555581     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-005-6276-7     Document Type: Article

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