Risk for gonococcal and chlamydial cervicitis in adolescent females: Incidence and recurrence in a prospective cohort study

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 270-275

  Oh, M Kim ^a,c   Cloud, Gretchen A ^a   Fleenor, Michael ^b   Sturdevant, Marsha S ^a   Nesmith, J Darrell ^a   Feinstein, Ronald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Jefferson County Department of Health   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cervicitis; Chlamydia trachomatis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Recurrent cervicitis; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT INFECTION; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVICITIS;

EID: 0029870767     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1054-139X(95)00232-H     Document Type: Article

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