Midwestern Rural Adolescents' Oral Sex Experience

Journal of School Health

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Dake, Joseph A ^a   Price, James H ^a   Ward, Britney L ^b   Welch, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Hospital Council of Northwest Ohio   (United States)

Author keywords

Human sexuality; Oral sex; Sex education; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMOKING;

EID: 79951700863     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: 17461561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2010.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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