Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviors among Boys Aged 15-18 Years in Tehran

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-414

  Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Farahani, Farideh Khalaj Abadi ^b,c   Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Alikhani, Siamak ^d   Zare, Mohammad ^d   Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani ^d   Ramezankhani, Ali ^e   Hasanzadeh, Alireza ^f   Ghanbari, Hossein ^f,g  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^e SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Natl Res Ctr of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Condom use; Iran; Sexual partner; Sexual risk taking behavior; Tehran; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONDOM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; IRAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 34548576764     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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