Sexuality and sexual health: Constructs and expressions in the extended middle east and North Africa

Vaccine

Volumn 31, Issue S6, 2013, Pages

  El Kak, Faysal ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Extended Middle East and North Africa; HPV; Marriage patterns; Sexual behavior; STIs

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDIASIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PREMARITAL SEX; PREMARITAL SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

EXTENDED MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; HPV; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIS;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 84890088831     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.10.120     Document Type: Review

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