Psychiatry and Psychology

Safe Sex

Sexual behavior that prevents or reduces the spread of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES or PREGNANCY.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Sexual behavior that prevents or reduces the spread of SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES or PREGNANCY.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Protected Sex
  • Responsible Sex
  • Sex, Protected
  • Sex, Responsible
  • Sex, Safe

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Aspects Covered

8 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethnology, history, physiology, psychology, radiation effects, statistics & numerical data.

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History Note

2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Sex Behavior (1966-2000)

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Tree Number

  1. F01.145.802w.845w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Safe Sex. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D021841. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D021841
  2. Safe Sex. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_sex
  3. Safe Sex. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318529