The impact of socio-demographic and religious factors upon sexual behavior among Ugandan university students

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Agardh, Anette ^a   Tumwine, Gilbert ^b   Östergren, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b St Francis Hospital Uganda   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UGANDA; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051975260     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023670     Document Type: Article

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