STI epidemiology in the global older population: Emerging challenges

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 178-181

  Minichiello, Victor ^a   Rahman, Saifur ^a   Hawkes, Gail ^a   Pitts, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; older people; sexual ageism; sexual behaviour; sexual health; sexually transmitted infections; STIs

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGEISM; AGING; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84862881871     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912445688     Document Type: Review

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