Sexually transmitted diseases in children in India

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 489-493

  Dhawan, Jyoti ^a   Gupta, Somesh ^a   Kumar, Bhushan ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Children; sex education; sex trafficking; sexual abuse; sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; SCREENING; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 77958019275     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: 09733922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.69056     Document Type: Conference Paper

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