Sexual activity and contraceptive use among secondary-school students in Slovenia

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-133

  Pinter, Bojana ^a   Verdenik, Ivan ^a   Grebenc, Mojca ^a   Čeh, Fani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Educational Research Institute   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Condom; Contraception; Sexual behaviour; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLOVENIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COITUS; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SLOVENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STUDENTS;

EID: 66149134889     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13625180802606101     Document Type: Article

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