Sexual behaviors and their correlates among young people in Mauritius: A cross-sectional study

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Nishimura, Yumiko H ^a   Ono Kihara, Masako ^a   Mohith, Jagdis C ^b   NgMansun, Renaud ^c   Homma, Takayuki ^d   DiClemente, Ralph J ^e   Lang, Delia L ^e   Kihara, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Powder Mill   (Mauritius)

^c Indian Ocean Commission   (Mauritius)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MAURITIUS; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 37349123166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-7-8     Document Type: Article

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