First heterosexual intercourse in the United Kingdom: A review of the literature

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 137-152

  Hawes, Zoé Coline ^a   Wellings, Kaye ^a   Stephenson, Judith ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; AGE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGE FACTORS; COITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAFE SEX; SEXOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77952915700     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490903509399     Document Type: Article

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