title: Coital risk factors for cervical cancer. Sexual activity among white middle class women.
abstract: This study reports the sexual history of a group of young women participating in an epidemiologic project. The methods used to recruit and interview the participants minimized self-selection bias. Results of over 11,000 interviews with 1,892 participants showed that 72.3% should be considered at high risk for developing cervical cancer and its precursors and should be screened regularly for this disease.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002140:California; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000209:etiology*; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D008910:Minnesota; D012306:Risk; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012923:Social Class; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013781:Texas; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology*; D044465:White People