Patterns of sexual risk behavior among undergraduate university students in ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Dingeta, Tariku ^a   Oljira, Lemessa ^a   Assefa, Nega ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; Sexual intercourse; Sexual risk behavior; Students; Undergraduate; University; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

EID: 84871509838     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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