Trends in sexual behavior, testing, and knowledge in young people; 2006-2011

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 831-834

  Lim, Megan S C ^a,b   Bowring, Anna L ^a   Gold, Judy ^a   Aitken, Campbell K ^a,b   Hellard, Margaret E ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867743665     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e3182663f27     Document Type: Article

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