Young and sexual in Norway and Croatia: Revisiting the Scandinavian versus mediterranean gendered pattern of sexual initiation

International Journal of Sexual Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 196-209

  Træen, Bente ^a   Štulhofer, Aleksandar ^b   Landripet, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coital debut; Condom use; Culture; Europe; Reproductive health; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955863602     PISSN: 19317611     EISSN: 1931762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2011.574786     Document Type: Article

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