Risk factors for urethritis in heterosexual men: The role of fellatio and other sexual practices

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 449-455

  Schwartz, Margot A ^a   Lafferty, William E ^c   Hughes, James P ^c   Handsfield, H Hunter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^c Box 359779 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URETHRITIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; GONORRHEA; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URETHRITIS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0030776501     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199709000-00002     Document Type: Article

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