Knowledge about and experience of sexually transmissible infections in a representative sample of adults: The second Australian study of health and relationships

Sexual Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 481-494

  Grulich, Andrew E ^a   De Visser, Richard O ^b   Badcock, Paul B ^c,f   Smith, Anthony M A ^c   Richters, Juliet ^d   Rissel, Chris ^e   Simpson, Judy M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84910103990     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH14121     Document Type: Article

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