Knowledge and beliefs of adolescents regarding sexually transmitted infections and HIV/AIDS in a rural district in Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 8-11

  Raheel, Hafsa ^a   White, Franklin ^a   Kadir, Muhammad Masood ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT EDUCATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; PAKISTAN; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 33947593037     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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