Epidemiology of syphilis in the United States, 1941-1993

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 16-23

  Nakashima, Allyn K ^a   Rolfs, Robert T ^a   Flock, Melinda L ^a   Kilmarx, Peter ^a   Greenspan, Joel R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030053768     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199601000-00006     Document Type: Article

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