Knowledge and awareness about STDs among women in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hossain, Mosharaf ^a   Mani, Kulanthayan K C ^a   Sidik, Sherina Mohd ^a   Shahar, Hayati Kadir ^a   Islam, Rafiqul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Awareness; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; STDs; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84938513517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-775     Document Type: Article

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