Clinical patterns of sexually transmitted diseases, associated sociodemographic characteristics, and sexual practices in the Farwaniya region of Kuwait

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 594-599

  Al Mutairi, Nawaf ^a,b   Joshi, Arun ^a   Nour Eldin, Osama ^a   Sharma, Ashok K ^a   El Adawy, Ibtesam ^a   Rijhwani, Manish ^a  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHLAMYDIASIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; KUWAIT; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM; PAPULE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; URETHRA DISEASE; URETHRAL PAIN; URETHRITIS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URETHRITIS;

EID: 34250309616     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2007.02843.x     Document Type: Article

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