RT Journal
A1 BEERMAN H, SCHAMBERG IL, NICHOLAS L, KATZENSTEIN L
T1 Syphilis: A review of the recent literature
JF A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
JO A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1953
FD May 1
VO 91
IS 5
SP 633
OP 674
DO 10.1001/archinte.1953.00240170059006
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1953.00240170059006
AB PROPHYLAXIS 
    Sex Habits of Young Men. 
    —According to a letter received by the American Medical Association,178 Dr. Tore Berdal, of the Norwegian Army Medical Service, has undertaken a sort of Kinsey survey of the Norwegian soldiers who served in the army of occupation in Germany in 1949. A questionnaire was addressed to 2,750 privates and corporals, of whom 2,717 replied. The response to these questionnaires was not compulsory, yet only about 1% of the recipients left them blank. About 42% had had sexual intercourse during their six months' sojourn in Germany, and approximately one-third of the Norwegian forces in Germany must have had sexual intercourse with women more or less unknown to them. In Berdal's opinion this percentage is surprisingly high considering that fraternizing with the Germans was not permitted. The frequency of sexual intercourse was considerably lower (35.4%) among soldiers recruited from country districts in Norway than among soldiers