"Sexual Abstinence" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Refraining from SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.
| Descriptor ID |
D012746
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.802.900
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Sexual Abstinence".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Sexual Abstinence".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sexual Abstinence" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sexual Abstinence" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sexual Abstinence" by people in Profiles.
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Intercourse avoidance among women with coronary artery disease. J Sex Med. 2014 Jul; 11(7):1709-16.
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Correlates of the intention to remain sexually inactive among male adolescents in an Islamic country: case of the Republic of Iran. J Sch Health. 2009 Mar; 79(3):123-9.
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Association of sexual abstinence in adolescence with mental health in adulthood. J Sex Res. 2007 Aug; 44(3):290-8.
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Patterns and correlates of deliberate abstinence among men and women with HIV/AIDS. Am J Public Health. 2006 Jun; 96(6):1078-84.
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Correlates of the intention to remain sexually inactive among underserved Hispanic and African American high school students. J Sch Health. 2006 Jan; 76(1):25-32.
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Attitudes toward and definitions of having sex. JAMA. 1999 Nov 24; 282(20):1917-8; author reply 1918-9.
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Sexual abstinence in patients with HIV infection: a 2-year follow-up study. J Natl Med Assoc. 1991 Dec; 83(12):1102-3.