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Sexual behaviour in Britain: early heterosexual experience
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Sexual behaviour in Britain: Partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours.
Johnson, A. M., Mercer, C. H., Erens, B., Copas, A. J., McManus, S., Wellings, K., Fenton, K. A., Korovessis, C., Macdowall, W., Nanchahal, K., et al. (2001) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06883-0 · Cited by 815
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Sexual behaviour in context: a global perspective
Wellings, K., Collumbien, M., Slaymaker, E., Singh, S., Hodges, Z., Patel, D., & Bajos, N. (2006) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(06)69479-8 · Cited by 933
Self-citationSexual behaviour in Britain: Partnerships, practices, and HIV risk behaviours.
Johnson, A. M., Mercer, C. H., Erens, B., Copas, A. J., McManus, S., Wellings, K., Fenton, K. A., Korovessis, C., Macdowall, W., Nanchahal, K., et al. (2001) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(01)06883-0 · Cited by 815
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Self-citationWellings, K., Jones, K. G., Mercer, C. H., Tanton, C., Clifton, S., Datta, J., Copas, A. J., Erens, B., Gibson, L. J., Macdowall, W., et al. (2013) · The Lancet · doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)62071-1 · Cited by 477
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- Authors
- Wellings, K., Nanchahal, K., Macdowall, W., McManus, S., Erens, B., Mercer, C. H., Johnson, A. M., Copas, A. J., Korovessis, C., Fenton, K. A., & Field, J.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-12
- Volume
- 358
- Issue
- 9296
- Pages
- 1843-1850
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2052387562
- Cited by
- 656
- References
- 16
- FWCI
- 64.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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