Patterns of alcohol consumption and risky sexual behavior: A cross-sectional study among Ugandan university students

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Choudhry, Vikas ^a   Agardh, Anette ^a,b   Stafström, Martin ^a   Östergren, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; HIV; Risky sexual behavior; Uganda; University students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UGANDA; UNIVERSITY; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UGANDA; UNIVERSITIES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893192629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-128     Document Type: Article

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