Sexual activity, contraception, genital infections, and cervical cancer: Support for a sexually transmitted disease hypothesis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 248-258

  Slattery, Martha L ^a   Overall, James C ^a   Abbott, Thomas M ^a   French, Thomas K ^a   Robinson, Linda M ^a   Gardner, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix neoplasms; Contraception agents; Female; Genital diseases; Infection; Sex behavior; Sexual partners; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ANTIBODIES--ANALYSIS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL CANCER; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PLANNING; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFECTIONS; NEOPLASMS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RELIGION; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UTAH; VAGINAL FOAM; VAGINAL JELLY; VAGINAL SPERMICIDES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UTAH;

EID: 0024384847     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115331     Document Type: Article

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