Foreign travel associated with increased sexual risk-taking, alcohol and drug use among UK university students: A cohort study

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 46-51

  Vivancos, R ^a   Abubakar, I ^a   Hunter, P R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs and alcohol; International travel; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CANNABIS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRAVEL;

EID: 75149142990     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2009.008501     Document Type: Article

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