Sexual activity and other related practices among youth corpers in Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Iyaniwura, Christy A ^a   Mautin, G ^a  

^a OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Risk factors; Sexual practice; University graduates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MORALITY; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NIGERIA; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 47249165513     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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