Health-related attitudes and risk factors for sexually transmitted infections of Chinese women who have sex with women

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2819-2825

  Wang, Xiao Fang ^a   Norris, Jessie L ^a   Liu, Ying Jie ^b   Reilly, Kathleen H ^a   Wang Dr , Ning ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Gay; HIV AIDS; Lesbian; Sexual transmission; Sexually transmitted infection; Transgender; Women who have sex with women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLEEDING; CANDIDIASIS; CHINA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERVIEW; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; VAGINAL LAVAGE; VAGINITIS;

ADULT; CANDIDIASIS; CHINA; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SYPHILIS; VAGINOSIS, BACTERIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865396333     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2012.16.004     Document Type: Article

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