The determinants of sexually transmitted infections among reproductive age women in St. Petersburg, Estonia and Finland

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-589

  Regushevskaya, Elena ^a   Dubikaytis, Tatiana ^b   Laanpere, Made ^c   Nikula, Minna ^a   Kuznetsova, Olga ^b   Karro, Hele ^c   Haavio Mannila, Elina ^d   Hemminki, Elina ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORTH WESTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER I I MECHNIKOV   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Estonia; Finland; Russia; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted infections; Sociodemographic characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RISK-TAKING; RUSSIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951945446     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0161-4     Document Type: Article

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