Predictors of STDs among Asian and Pacific Islander young adults

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-239

  Hahm, Hyeouk Chris ^a   Lee, Jieha ^a   Ozonoff, Al ^a   Amodeo, Maryann ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROSTITUTION; RISK; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROSTITUTION; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNITED STATES; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 37249017672     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3923107     Document Type: Article

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