Multivariate Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Genital Ulcer Disease among Incarcerated Males in Sindh

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 115-120

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

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PRISON; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PRISONS; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; ULCER;

EID: 0034168671     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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