Gender differences in sexual practices and sexually transmitted infections among adults in Lima, Peru.
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Sexual coercion among youth and young adults in Lima, Peru.
PURPOSE To determine the prevalence and correlates of sexual coercion in young adults in Lima, Peru. METHODS Lifetime sexual coercion and that at first sexual experience were studied in 629 sexually active young people, drawn from representative samples of 611 adolescents and 607 young adults. RESULTS Almost half of the young women and a quarter of the young men in the study reported sexual...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1098