Noncoital Sexual Activities Among Adolescents

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-238

  Lindberg, Laura Duberstein ^a   Jones, Rachel ^a   Santelli, John S ^a,b  

^a GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Anal sex; Oral sex; Vaginal sex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANAL SEXUAL CONTACT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON COITAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 49349090892     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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