Awareness of school students on sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and their sexual behavior: A cross-sectional study conducted in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Anwar, Mudassir ^a   Sulaiman, Syed Azhar S ^b   Ahmadi, Keivan ^a   Khan, Tahir M ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c Kolej Teknologi Pulau   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249107608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-47     Document Type: Article

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