Mean age of first sex: Do they know what we mean?

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 853-855

  De Irala, Jokin ^a,b   Osorio, Alfonso ^b   Carlos, Silvia ^a,b   Ruiz Canela, Miguel ^b   López Del Burgo, Cristina ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LETTER; LIFE TABLE; PEER GROUP; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EL SALVADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE TABLES; PEER GROUP; PERU; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 80955178896     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-011-9779-4     Document Type: Letter

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