Sexually transmitted infections in Pakistan

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-269

  Maan, Muhammad Arif ^a   Hussain, Fatma ^b   Iqbal, Javed ^a   Akhtar, Shahid Javed ^a  

^a PUNJAB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; URETHRAL SWAB;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 79959234135     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.81541     Document Type: Article

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