Early sexual behaviour and Chlamydia trachomatis infection - a population based cross-sectional study on gender differences among adolescents in Norway

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gravningen, Kirsten ^a,b   Furberg, Anne Sofie ^a,b   Simonsen, Gunnar Skov ^a,b   Wilsgaard, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Chlamydia trachomatis; Cross sectional study; Gender differences; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869865540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-319     Document Type: Article

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