Racial/Ethnic Differences in Patterns of Sexual Behavior and STI Risk among Sexually Experienced Adolescent Girls

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  Auslander, Beth A ^a   Biro, Frank M ^b   Succop, Paul A ^b   Short, Mary B ^a   Rosenthal, Susan L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anal sex; Oral sex; Race ethnicity; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TEXAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59849089930     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.01.075     Document Type: Article

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