Adolescent Boys in Gujarat, India: Their Sexual Behavior and Their Knowledge of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 399-404

  Sharma, Vinit ^a,b   Sharma, Anuragini ^a  

^a PS Medical College   (India)

^b SK Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; AIDS; Condoms; India; Prostitutes; Sex education; Sexual behavior; STDs

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--MEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTIONS; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION--MEN; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS--MEN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STATISTICS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, MALE; AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--MEN; FAMILY PLANNING; INDIA; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION--MEN; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS--MEN; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031308951     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199712000-00005     Document Type: Article

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