Youth sexual behaviour in a boomtown: Implications for the control of sexually transmitted infections

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 220-223

  Goldenberg, Shira ^a   Shoveller, J ^a   Ostry, A ^b   Koehoorn, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 45549092358     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.027219     Document Type: Article

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