Sexual Behaviour of Combative Athletes – Is There a Greater Risk?

• Authors: Petr Vajda , Zdenko Reguli
• Languages of publication: EN

Keywords

sexual habits; risky sexual behaviour; prevention; sexually transmitted illnesses

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 78
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 50-56

Contributors

author

Petr Vajda

• Masaryk University,Brno, Czech Republic

author

Zdenko Reguli

• Masaryk University,Brno, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/pcssr-2018-0013