Demographic and behavioural factors in Tanzanian and Norwegian patients with sexually transmitted infections

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 320-328

  Nilsen, Arvid ^a,d   Mwakagile, Davis ^b   Chalamila, Guerino ^c   Langeland, Nina ^a,d   Matre, Roald ^a   Haarr, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c Infectious Diseases Clinic   (Tanzania)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demography; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted infections; Urban Norway; Urban Tanzania

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NORWAY; RISK FACTORS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 33746580669     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0100     Document Type: Article

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