Heterosexual experience and recent heterosexual encounters among Australian adults: The second Australian study of health and relationships

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 416-426

  Rissel, Chris ^a   Badcock, Paul B ^b,c   Smith, Anthony M A ^b   Richters, Juliet ^d   De Visser, Richard O ^e   Grulich, Andrew E ^f   Simpson, Judy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anal intercourse; Australia; Contraceptive behaviour; Cunnilingus; Fellatio; Heterosexuality; National survey; Oral sex; Orgasm; Sexual behaviour; Sexual practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BISEXUALITY; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; ORGASM; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

EID: 84910083638     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14105     Document Type: Article

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