Sexual Behavior - Statistics & numerical data
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand.

29 Sep 2009 There has been a dramatic drop in age at first intercourse and concurrent rise in HIV infections among young Thai women living in slums. The participants included 492 young Thai women (average age = 19.7 years). They provided detailed ... Read more...

STD prevalence, risky sexual behaviors, and sex with women in a national sample of Chinese men who have sex with men.

15 Sep 2009 We describe the behavioral characteristics and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence of Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM) (n = 41) from a national probability sample of men (n = 1861). Most MSM were partnered with females (97%) and had ... Read more...

Correlates of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus detection in perimenopausal women.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this research was to determine correlates of prevalent cervicovaginal human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in perimenopausal women. METHODS: A total of 178 women, ages 40-60, were recruited from four clinics in the metropolitan ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Sexual Behavior - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Concurrency driving the African HIV epidemics: where is the evidence? 22 Oct 2009
• Sexual behavior model among young Thai women living in slums in Bangkok, Thailand. 29 Sep 2009
• STD prevalence, risky sexual behaviors, and sex with women in a national sample of Chinese men who have sex with men. 15 Sep 2009
• Correlates of cervicovaginal human papillomavirus detection in perimenopausal women. 30 Aug 2009
• Generation C: prevalence of and risk factors for chlamydia trachomatis among adolescents and young women in Lima, Peru. 30 Aug 2009
• Does drinking lead to sex? Daily alcohol-sex behaviors and expectancies among college students. 30 Aug 2009
• Alcohol and transactional sex: how risky is the mix? 23 Aug 2009
• The contraceptive needs of incarcerated women. 30 Jul 2009
• Receipt of routine gynecological examinations among sexually active female college students in the United States. 30 Jul 2009
• Changes in HIV-related knowledge, behaviors, and sexual practices among Cambodian women from 2000 to 2005. 30 Jul 2009
• [Screening for HIV, syphilis, Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoreae during a combined survey conducted in Malicouna, a Senegalese rural area] 30 Jul 2009
• Reproductive health in Malta. 30 Jul 2009
• Male students' behaviour, knowledge, attitudes, and needs in sexual and reproductive health matters. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual behaviour among Italian adolescents: knowledge and use of contraceptives. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual activity and hepatitis B and C virus infection among young adults after introduction of a vaccination program in an area of high endemicity. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual networks are diverse and complex: prevalence of relationships bridging population subgroups in the Seattle Sex Survey. 30 Jul 2009
• "Someone naughty for tonight": sex partner recruitment venues and associated STI risk. 30 Jul 2009
• Emergency contraceptive use as a marker of future risky sex, pregnancy, and sexually transmitted infection. 30 Jul 2009
• Sexual and reproductive health of persons aged 10-24 years - United States, 2002-2007. 15 Jul 2009
• Risk-taking behaviors among vertically HIV-infected adolescents in northern Thailand. 11 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Sexual Behavior'

Definition: Sexual activities of humans.

Descriptor UI: D012725

Alternative terms: Sexual Behavior; Behavior, Sexual; Sexual Activities; Sexual Activity; Activities, Sexual; Activity, Sexual; Sex Behavior; Behavior, Sex; Oral Sex; Sex, Oral; Sexual Orientation; Orientation, Sexual; Sex Orientation; Premarital Sex Behavior; Behavior, Premarital Sex; Anal Sex; Sex, Anal;

Related Mesh Headings: Sex; Sexual Partners; Reproductive Behavior;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics; ethnology; history; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F01.145.802;

History Note: 2004 (1966)

Technical Notes: human only: SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL is available; do not confuse X ref SEXUAL ORIENTATION with GENDER IDENTITY (see note there)