Discrepancies between the self-reporting of STI preventive care and the actual care provided by male doctors to male patients in Karnataka, India

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-392

  Mignone, Javier ^a   Washington, Reynold ^b   Ramesh, B M ^a   Blanchard, James F ^c   Rajaretnam, T ^d   Moses, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d JSS Institute of Economic Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 77958059137     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2009.038851     Document Type: Article

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