Who's Doing It? Patterns and Predictors of Youths' Oral Sexual Experiences

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Brewster, Karin L ^a   Tillman, Kathryn Harker ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents' sexual behavior; Gender; Oral sex; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37249020142     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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