Knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases among secondary school students in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

African Health Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-169

  Mwambete, Kennedy D ^a   Mtaturu, Zephania ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; SYMPTOM; TANZANIA; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; TANZANIA;

EID: 34347377941     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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