Increased sexual risk taking behavior among Swedish female university students: Repeated cross-sectional surveys

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 966-970

  Larsson, Margareta ^a,c   Tydén, Tanja ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraception; Pornography; Sexual behavior; Sexual harassment; University students

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WAITING ROOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, POSTCOITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746340644     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600626941     Document Type: Article

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