Sexual behaviors and sexually transmitted infections among self-identified lesbian and bisexual college women

Journal of LGBT Health Research

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 41-54

  Lindley, Lisa L ^a   Kerby, Molly B ^b   Nicholson, Thomas J ^b   Lu, Ning ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOVERNORS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual women; College students; Lesbians; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BISEXUAL FEMALE; CHLAMYDIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GENITAL HERPES; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASCULINITY; MASOCHISM; MASTURBATION; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; PROSTITUTION; SADISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINITIS; WART VIRUS;

EID: 67650601102     PISSN: 15574091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15574090802093323     Document Type: Article

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