Sexual activities of patients with STDs in the interval between noticing symptoms and presenting for treatment

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 453-459

  Liu, Hongjie ^a,b   Detels, Roger ^a,c   Ma, Erjian ^a,d   Yin, Yueping ^a,b   Li, Xiaojing ^a,d  

^a The Chinese University of Hong Kong ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Hefei Anti Epidemic Station   (China)

^d National Center for STD Control   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETHRA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0141818008     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108729103322395483     Document Type: Article

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