Sexual behavior in travelers visiting Cuzco

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 214-216

  Cabada, Miguel M ^a   Montoya, Manuel ^b   Echevarria, Juan I ^a,c   Verdonck, Kristien ^d   Seas, Carlos ^a,c   Gotuzzo, Eduardo ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b Hospital de Apoyo Regional Cuzco   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042161525     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2003.40508     Document Type: Article

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