Healthcare-seeking behaviours for sexually transmitted infections among women attending the National Institute of Dermatology and Venereology in Vietnam

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 406-410

  Do, Hien Thi Thu ^a   Ziersch, Anna ^b   Hart, Gavin ^c  

^a National Institute of Dermato Venereology   (Viet Nam)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL STATUS; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 34547750905     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.022079     Document Type: Article

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