Rising popularity of anal intercourse and sexual risk taking: Findings from two national probability studies of young Croatian adults

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 785-791

  Ajdukovic D ^a   Stulhofer A ^b   Bacak V ^b  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anal intercourse; Condom use; Croatia; Sexual risk behaviour; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869419281     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2012.011415     Document Type: Article

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