Premarital sexual intercourse among adolescents in an Asian country: Multilevel ecological factors

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wong, Mee Lian ^a   Chan, Roy Kum Wah ^a,b   Koh, David ^a   Tan, Hiok Hee ^b   Lim, Fong Seng ^c   Emmanuel, Shanta ^d   Bishop, George ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP POLYCLINICS   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Media; Pornography; Premarital sexual intercourse; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATTITUDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GANG; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COITUS; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERMISSIVENESS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 67649588248     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-2954     Document Type: Article

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