The behaviour and sexual health of young international travellers (backpackers) in Australia

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-250

  McNulty, Anna M ^a,b   Egan, C ^c   Wand, H ^d   Donovan, B ^a,d  

^a SYDNEY EYE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIAL URETHRITIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; TRAVEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953787631     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038737     Document Type: Article

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