RT Book, Section
A1 Hwang, Loris Y.
A1 Moscicki, Anna-Barbara
A1 Shafer, Mary-Ann
A2 Rudolph, Colin D.
A2 Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2 Lister, George E.
A2 First, Lewis R.
A2 Gershon, Anne A.
SR Print(0)
ID 7022508
T1 Chapter 233. Sexually Transmitted Infections
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-149723-7
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7022508
RD 2024/04/24
AB Currently,  substantial  numbers  of  adolescents  engage  in  sexual  intercourse:  34%  have  experienced  their  sexual  debut  by  ninth  grade  and  63%  by  12th  grade.1  Although  these  rates  have  slowly  decreased  from  15  years  ago  the  adolescent  age  group  continues  to  be  at  the  highest  risk  for  STIs.