Do women physicians do more STD prevention than men?: Quebec study of recently trained family physicians

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 43, Issue JUN., 1997, Pages 1089-1095

  Maheux, Brigitte ^a   Haley, Nancy ^b   Rivard, Michèle ^b   Gervais, André ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031154704     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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