Sexual behaviour and related knowledge among a representative sample of secondary school students between 1997 and 2008

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 476-481

  Agius, Paul A ^a   Pitts, Marian K ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^a   Mitchell, Anne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; HIV; Sexual behaviour; Sexual health knowledge; STI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AUSTRALIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS;

EID: 79952118996     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2010.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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