Sexual timetables for oral-genital, vaginal, and anal intercourse: Sociodemographic comparisons in a nationally representative sample of adolescents

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1221-1228

  Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^a   Haydon, Abigail A ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; COITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862578728     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300394     Document Type: Article

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