Risky sexual practices among youth attending a sexually transmitted infection clinic in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Urassa, W ^a   Moshiro, C ^a   Chalamilla, G ^b   Mhalu, F ^a   Sandstrom, Eric ^c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Ilala Municipal Council   (Tanzania)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TANZANIA; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TANZANIA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649216226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-159     Document Type: Article

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