Effect of Concurrent Partnerships and Sex-Act Rate on Gonorrhea Prevalence

Simulation

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 242-249

  Welch, Gavin ^a   Koopman, James ^a   Chick, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

concurrency; Epidemic; gonorrhea; mixing model; part nership formation; sex act rates; sexually transmitted disease; transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001209047     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003754979807100404     Document Type: Article

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