Chlamydia trachomatis infection and sexual behaviour among female students attending higher education in the Republic of Ireland

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  O'Connell, Emer ^a   Brennan, Wendy ^b   Cormican, Martin ^c   Glacken, Marita ^a   O'Donovan, Diarmuid ^a   Vellinga, Akke ^c   Cahill, Niall ^d   Lysaght, Fionnguala ^c   O'Donnell, Joan ^e  

^a HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^e ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STUDENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; URINALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849121953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-397     Document Type: Article

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