Adolescents' reported consequences of having oral sex versus vaginal sex

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 229-236

  Brady, Sonya S ^a   Halpern Felsher, Bonnie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Decision making; Gender; Risk taking; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GUILT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; COITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33947103039     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1727     Document Type: Article

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