Summer nights: A review of the evidence of seasonal variations in sexual health indicators among young people

Health Education

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 40-53

  MacDowall, Wendy ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^a   Stephenson, Judith ^b   Glasier, Anna ^c,d,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Margaret Pyke Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Seasonality; Sexual behaviour; Sexual health; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549005563     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280810842120     Document Type: Article

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