Internet use among Chinese college students: Implications for sex education and HIV prevention

Cyberpsychology and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-169

  Hong, Yan ^a   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Mao, Rong ^b   Stanton, Bonita ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; EROTICA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNSAFE SEX; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 34249029578     PISSN: 10949313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cpb.2006.9973     Document Type: Article

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