Sexual risk assessment in general practice: Evidence from a New South Wales survey

Sexual Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Khan, Asaduzzaman ^a,d   Plummer, David ^b   Hussain, Rafat ^c   Minichiello, Victor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33847205394     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH06012     Document Type: Article

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