STI Testing Information Available to Teens on the Internet: What's Missing?

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Meyer, Kerri L ^a   Ahlers Schmidt, Carolyn R ^a   Harris, Kari R ^a   Seiler, Stephanie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Internet; Sexually transmitted disease; STI prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; MALE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79952101003     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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