The wages of sin: How the discovery of penicillin reshaped modern sexuality

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Francis, Andrew M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1950s; Penicillin; Sexual behavior; Sexual revolution; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STATISTICS; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PENICILLINS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND SEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SYPHILIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871606784     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-0018-4     Document Type: Article

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