Factors Associated with Condom Use among Male College Students in Wuhan, China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Long, Lu ^a   Yuan, Ting ^b   Wang, Min ^a   Xu, Chuan ^c   Yin, Jieyun ^a   Xiong, Chengliang ^a   Wei, Sheng ^a   Nie, Shaofa ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUAL EDUCATION; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871280025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051782     Document Type: Article

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