Does the internet represent a sexual health risk environment for young people?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-58

  Buhi, Eric R ^a   Cook, Robert L ^b   Marhefka, Stephanie L ^a   Blunt, Heather D ^a   Wheldon, Christopher ^a   Oberne, Alison B ^a   Mullins, Jocelyn C ^b   Dagne, Getachew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILINGUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555173574     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318235b3c6     Document Type: Article

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