Early initiation of sexual activity: A risk factor for sexually transmitted diseases, HIV infection, and unwanted pregnancy among university students in China

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ma, Qiaoqin ^a,b   Ono Kihara, Masako ^b   Cong, Liming ^a   Xu, Guozhang ^c   Pan, Xiaohong ^a   Zamani, Saman ^b   Ravari, Shahrzad Mortazavi ^b   Zhang, Dandan ^c   Homma, Takayuki ^d   Kihara, Masahiro ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NINGBO MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDUCED ABORTION; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; VIRUS INFECTION; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

AGE FACTORS; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65149096483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-111     Document Type: Article

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