Self-reported genital warts among sexually-active university students: A cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Cocchio, Silvia ^a   Bertoncello, Chiara ^a   Baldovin, Tatjana ^a   Buja, Alessandra ^a   Majori, Silvia ^b   Baldo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genital warts; Human papillomavirus; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONDOM USE; CONDYLOMA ACUMINATUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SMOKING; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDYLOMATA ACUMINATA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85040642661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-2954-7     Document Type: Article

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