Behavioral contributions to acquisition of gonorrhea in patients attending an inner city sexually transmitted disease clinic

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 161, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 938-941

  Upchurch, Dawn M ^a   Brady, William E ^a   Reichart, Cindy A ^a   Hook, Edward W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONDOM; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, MALE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025320007     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/161.5.938     Document Type: Article

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