Age of sexual debut among US adolescents

Contraception

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-162

  Cavazos Rehg, Patricia A ^a   Krauss, Melissa J ^a   Spitznagel, Edward L ^b   Schootman, Mario ^a   Bucholz, Kathleen K ^a   Peipert, Jeffrey F ^a   Sanders Thompson, Vetta ^c   Cottler, Linda B ^a   Bierut, Laura Jean ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent risk behaviors; Sexual debut; Sexual differences; Sexual intercourse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650802788     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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