Sexual abstinence behavior among never-married youths in a generalized HIV epidemic country: Evidence from the 2005 Cte d'Ivoire AIDS indicator survey

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Koffi, Alain K ^a   Kawahara, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; COTE D'IVOIRE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COTE D'IVOIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RELIGION; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SINGLE PERSON; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62449259436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-408     Document Type: Article

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