Anal sex practices in heterosexual and male homosexual populations: A review of population-based data

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 517-526

  Heywood, Wendy ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

intercourse; men; MSM; women.

Indexed keywords

ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROATIA; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH KOREA; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THAILAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BISEXUALITY; COITUS; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870469149     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH12014     Document Type: Article

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