Sexual behaviours and condom use among young urban women in a town in northeast India: Implications for prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2015, Pages S43-S48

  Marak, Bichitrani ^a,b   Bhatnagar, Tarun ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Sub divisional Medical and Health Officer   (India)

Author keywords

Anal sex; C ACASI; HIV; Pre marital sex; Sexual debut

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANAL INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MARRIAGE; PREMARITAL SEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84964247475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cegh.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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