Sexual and contraceptive behavior among female university students in Sweden - Repeated surveys over a 25-year period

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 253-259

  Stenhammar, Christina ^a   Ehrsson, Ylva Tiblom ^a,b   Åkerud, Helena ^b   Larsson, Margareta ^b   Tydén, Tanja ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contraception; female; sexual behavior; sexually transmitted diseases; sexually transmitted infection; unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PORNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SMOKING; SWEDEN; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; WAITING ROOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CONDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EROTICA; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UTILIZATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; COITUS; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EROTICA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923092109     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aogs.12565     Document Type: Article

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