Oral Versus Vaginal Sex Among Adolescents: Perceptions, Attitudes, and Behavior
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Oral versus vaginal sex among adolescents: perceptions, attitudes, and behavior.
OBJECTIVE Despite studies indicating that a significant proportion of adolescents are having oral sex, the focus of most empirical studies and intervention efforts concerning adolescent sexuality have focused on vaginal intercourse. This narrow focus has created a void in our understanding of adolescents' perceptions of oral sex. This study is the first to investigate adolescents' perceptions o...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2108