University students' perceptions of environmental risks to infertility

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 377-383

  Remes, Olivia ^a   Whitten, Amanda N ^a   Sabarre, Kelley Anne ^a   Phillips, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; lifestyle; sexually transmissible infections; young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BINOCULAR VISION; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFESTYLE; MALE; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; ONTARIO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84865037652     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11090     Document Type: Article

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