Sexual health of Canadian youth: Findings from the Canadian Youth, Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Study

Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-68

  Boyce, William ^a   Doherty Poirier, Maryanne ^b   MacKinnon, David ^c   Fortin, Christian ^d   Saab, Hana ^a   King, Matt ^a   Gallupe, Owen ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

National Canadian survey; Sexual health; Teen sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PEER PRESSURE; RAPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

EID: 33845393986     PISSN: 11884517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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