Patterns of Vaginal, oral, and anal sexual intercourse in an urban seventh-grade population: Research article

Journal of School Health

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 193-200

  Markham, Christine M ^a   Fleschler Peskin, Melissa ^a   Addy, Robert C ^a   Baumler, Elizabeth R ^a   Tortolero, Susan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent health; Human sexuality; Reproductive health; Risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 62649102414     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2008.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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