Patterns of sexual behaviour and reported symptoms of STI/RTIs among young people in Croatia - Implications for interventions' planning

Collegium Antropologicum

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 63-70

  Božičević, Ivana ^a   Štulhofer, Aleksandar ^b   Ajduković, Dean ^b   Kufrin, Krešimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Condom use; Genital discharge; Homosexual; Sexual behaviour; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROATIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33847795002     PISSN: 03506134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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