The concept of virginity from the perspective of Iranian adolescents: a qualitative study

• Main Authors: Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani (Author), Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi (Author), Saeid Mirzaei (Author), Farzaneh Zolala (Author), Ali-Akbar Haghdoost (Author), Nadia Oroomiei (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Premarital sex can increase the risk of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescents, and lack of premarital sex can be considered as a reliable policy for STD prevention, which is used by some countries such as Iran. Since the success of this policy is related to the conc...