Assessment of risky sexual behavior and practice among Aksum University students, Shire Campus, Shire Town, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kebede, Awoke ^a   Molla, Bogale ^a   Gerensea, Hadgu ^a  

^a AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Risk sexual behavior; Students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 85041626472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-018-3199-7     Document Type: Article

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