Is anal sex a marker for sexual risk-taking? Results from a population-based study of young Croatian adults

Sexual Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 384-389

  Štulhofer, Aleksandar ^a   Baćak, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

anal intercourse; condom use; HIV risk; sexually transmissible infection risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH;

CONDOMS; CROATIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860390145     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH10078     Document Type: Article

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