Sexual risk-taking in the general population of Sweden (19892007)

Sexual Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 272-280

  Herlitz, Claes ^a  

^a Dalarnas forskningsrad   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Casual sexual contacts; Multiple sexual partnerships; Sexual attitudes; Sexually transmissible infections.

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450215974     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH08095     Document Type: Article

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