A survey of knowledge of sexually transmitted infections among patients at a public hospital in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Anwar, Mudassir ^a   Sulaiman, Syed A Syed ^b   Khan, Tahir M ^b,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c Kolej Teknologi Pulau   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Patients; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953199530     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000312719     Document Type: Review

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