Predictors of early initiation of vaginal and oral sex among urban young adults in Baltimore, Maryland

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-65

  Ompad, Danielle C ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b,c   Celentano, David D ^b   Latkin, Carl ^b   Poduska, Jeanne M ^d   Kellam, Sheppard G ^b,d   Ialongo, Nicholas S ^b  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anal sex; Older sex partners; Oral sex; Sexual behavior; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33646448945     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-8994-x     Document Type: Article

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