Risk perception of sexually transmitted diseases and teenage sexual behaviour: Attitudes towards in a sample of Italian adolescents

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 114-119

  Bergamini, M ^a   Cucchi, A ^b   Guidi, E ^a   Stefanati, A ^a   Bonato, B ^a   Lupi, S ^a   Gregorio, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Public Health Local Unit of Ferrara   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Sexually transmitted diseases; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANDIDIASIS; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEPATITIS B; HERPES SIMPLEX; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 84888328875     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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