Community knowledge, attitude and practices regarding sexually transmitted infections in a rural district of Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-25

  Afsar, H A ^a   Mahmood, M A ^a   Barney, N ^b   Ali, S ^a   Kadir, M M ^a   Bilgrami, M ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Marie Stopes Society   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PAKISTAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PAKISTAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0036372470     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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