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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Behavior > Sexual Behavior > Sexual Abstinence

Preferred term

Sexual Abstinence  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Abstinence, Sex
  • Celibacy
  • Sex Abstinence

Scope note

  • Refraining from SEXUAL INTERCOURSE.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under SEX BEHAVIOR 1975-90; CELIBACY was heading 1963-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012746

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