Medico-social profile of male teenager STD patients attending a clinic in Pune.
Indian J Public Health
;
1989 Oct-Dec; 33(4): 176-82
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-109619
ABSTRACT
A study of 250 male teenager STD cases was carried out to determine the association between certain medicosocial factors e.g. age, type of infection, educational status, source of infection, knowledge about mode of acquiring infection and prophylaxis etc. Salient findings of the study such as gonorrhoea being the commonest type of STD, curiosity being the main reason for first sexual exposure and prostitutes being the major source of infection have been highlighted in this communication.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Sexual Behavior
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Social Class
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Humans
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Male
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Adolescent
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Adolescent Behavior
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Adult
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Educational Status
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Ambulatory Care Facilities
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Public Health
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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