Characteristics of adult women who abstain from sexual intercourse

Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-24

  Nettleman, Mary ^a   Ingersoll, Karen S ^b   Ceperich, Sherry Dyche ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ABSTINENCE; ABUSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SMOKING; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645210847     PISSN: 14711893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1783/147118906775275226     Document Type: Article

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