Risk behaviours associated with urethritis and genital ulcer disease in prison inmates, Sindh, Pakistan

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 776-786

  Akhtar, S ^a   Luby, S P ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENITAL ULCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRISONER; PROSTITUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; URETHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN ULCER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SKIN ULCER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 14744273005     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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