Gender Differences in Health Care-Seeking Behavior for Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Population-Based Study in Nairobi, Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 265-272

  Voeten, Hélène A C M ^a   O'Hara, Hilda B ^b,c   Kusimba, Judith ^b   Otido, Julius M ^b   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^b   Bwayo, Job J ^b   Varkevisser, Corlien M ^d   Habbema, J Dik F ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; MONOGAMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 2142824195     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OLQ.0000124610.65396.52     Document Type: Article

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