Reproductive health knowledge, attitudes and practices of Iranian college students

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 888-897

  Simbar, M ^a   Tehrani, F R ^b   Hashemi, Z ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Medical University of Qazvin   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF MODEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; ISLAM; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33744832420     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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