Risk behaviours associated with urethritis in prison inmates, Sindh

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 268-273

  Akhtar, S ^a   Luby, S P ^a   Rahbar, M H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; URETHRITIS;

EID: 0033219115     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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