Early pubertal onset and its relationship with sexual risk taking, substance use and anti-social behaviour: A preliminary cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Downing, Jennifer ^a   Bellis, Mark A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449128704     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-446     Document Type: Article

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