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Coitus as a cancer risk

Nature

Some cancer specialists blame permissiveness, promiscuity, and the 'copulation explosion' for the higher incidence of cervical cancer.

Incidence

A study of cases at a British hospital in 1983 found that the number of women under the age of 35 with the disease had increased from 6 in 1972 to 83 in 1983.

Broader

Aggravates

Cancers
Presentable

Aggravated by

Related

Strategy

Risking cancer
Yet to rate

Value

Risk-aversion
Yet to rate
Risk
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-beingSustainable Development Goal #5: Gender Equality

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Cancer
  • Societal problems » Hazards
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D6033
    DOCID
    11460330
    D7NID
    142701
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020