Measuring the transmission dynamics of a sexually transmitted disease
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Tehran University students' knowledge about sexually transmitted disease
Introduction: Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) such as gonorrhea, syphilis and ‎trichomonias are the most common infection disease in the world. Since young adults are at ‎substantial risk for contracting STD and previous studies have shown youth poor knowledge ‎level.‎ Aim: The objective of this study is to determine the knowledge level about STD among ‎Tehran Univers...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505139102