Women's sexual behavior. Population-based study among 65 000 women from four Nordic countries before introduction of human papillomavirus vaccination

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-467

  Jensen, Kirsten Egebjerg ^a   Munk, Christian ^a   Sparen, Par ^b   Tryggvadottir, Laufey ^c,d   Liaw, Kai Li ^e   Dasbach, Erik ^e   Nygård, Mari ^f   Kjær, Susanne K ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^f Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

human papillomavirus; Human sexuality; Nordic countries

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALPHAPAPILLOMAVIRUS; COITUS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VACCINATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955075805     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2010.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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