Sexual behaviors and awareness of sexually transmitted infections among Chinese university students

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 966-974

  Zhang, Dangui ^a   Pan, Hui ^b   Cui, Binglin ^c   Law, Frieda ^b   Farrar, Jeremy ^b,d   Ba Thein, William ^b  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Chinese university students; Questionnaire survey; Sexual misconception; Sexually transmitted disease

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTERNET; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; ORAL SEX; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PREMARITAL SEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYPHILIS; ULCUS MOLLE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VAGINA BLEEDING; VAGINA DISCHARGE; WART VIRUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890502807     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3872     Document Type: Article

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