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Risky sexual behavior among Iranian university students and its relationship with religiosity and familial support

Afrashteh Sima
1
,
Abbasi-Ghahramanloo Abbas
2
,
Vali Mohebat
1
,
Ghaem Haleh
3
,
Mohammadbeigi Abolfazl
4
,
Tabatabaee Hamid
3
,
Kargarian-Marvasti Sadegh
5

1.
Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2.
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3.
Research Center for Health Sciences, Institute of Health, Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
4.
Research Center for Environmental Pollutants, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
5.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2020; 22(4): 319–324
Online publish date: 2020/12/29
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